[ShovelBums.Org] Cultural Resource Team Lead, Portland, Oregon, United States [1 Attachment]

Posted January 12, 2017 in Archaeology and CRM Jobs

· Job Title: Cultural Resource Team Lead
· Company Name: SWCA Environmental Consultants
· Location: Portland, Oregon, United States, 97205

As Cultural Resources Team Lead, you will support office goals by pursuing project opportunities, managing large projects and clients, directing cultural resource fieldwork, and supervising and mentoring staff. SWCA offers an enthusiastic, supportive, and casual work environment with flexible schedules and a competitive total compensation and benefits package, including a stock ownership program. This position provides a great opportunity for a motivated individual to take leadership of and help grow an excellent cultural resources team.

· Provide strong, positive, forward-looking leadership for your team

· Ensure the quality and integrity of the team’s technical products

· Supervise, mentor, and support staff in all aspects of their responsibilities, including on multi-disciplinary projects

· Lead and assist with business development efforts in the Portland/Oregon market

· Enhance SWCA’s professional reputation and relationships with clients, stakeholders, local/state/federal agencies, and tribal communities

· Build client relationships; take initiative and resolve issues to ensure that client needs are met effectively and quickly

· Serve as project manager for a variety of cultural resource projects, including survey, monitoring, and data recovery/excavation/mitigation projects involving both archaeological and architectural resources

· Author, co-author, and edit technical reports, permit applications, NEPA documents, and proposals

· Organize equipment and logistical arrangements for field projects

· Attend and/or present at local, regional, and national conferences and forums

· Work closely with SWCA’s other staff in both natural and cultural resources throughout the company to promote SWCA’s business interests in adherence to its mission, vision, and values

· Act with commitment to the Portland office’s core values of integrity, teamwork, and communication

· Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in archaeology, historic architecture, or a related field is required; graduate degree preferred

· Minimum of five (5) years of experience conducting cultural resource technical work in a consulting context and at a high (e.g., Project Manager or Principal Investigator) level

· Extensive working knowledge of federal, state, and local cultural resource laws and regulations in the Pacific Northwest, and particularly with those of the state of Oregon and local governments in the Portland metro area

· Experience with tribes and with local, state, and federal agencies in the Pacific Northwest of the sort that is required for successful project completion

· Demonstrated business development success and consulting acumen, including established credibility with federal and state reviewing agencies and clients, as well as success in proposal writing

· Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring, and providing leadership for other professionals

· Advanced skills and knowledge in one or more specialty technical areas (e.g., artifact analysis, historic architecture, etc.)

· Prior experience using GIS software (ArcPad) and Trimble GPS units

· Must be able to travel and be able to conduct fieldwork for long hours, in sometimes inclement weather conditions, including walking up to 10 miles per day, often in rugged terrain, and be able to carry equipment and supplies weighing up to 40 pounds

· Prior primary report authorship in a cultural resources consulting context for a variety of project types, in a variety of regions, and with a variety of agencies

· Excellent writing skills and ability to record accurate field notes

· Ability to conduct library and internet research

· PC computer skills including a strong working proficiency in MS Windows and MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat

· Ability to take initiative, resolve problems, and ensure that tasks are completed in the most effective manner

· Flexibility and willingness to learn company procedures, and ability to try new, improved techniques

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