What are the responsibilities and job description for the Early Career Archaeologist (On Call) position at WSP?
This Opportunity
Be involved in projects with our New Mexico Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.
At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach- and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!
WSP is currently initiating a search for an Early Career Archaeological Field Technician for our Albuquerque, New Mexico office. Field duties would also extend into Texas. This position will be a temporary part-time position.
Your Impact
- Conduct cultural resources fieldwork, reporting, and mitigation in support of pre-construction project design and engineering.
- Help with all aspects of fieldwork, monitoring, data collection, inventory, analyses, and site form preparation. Demonstrated commitment to keeping up-to-date in knowledge of current cultural resources management and Section 106 regulations and planning practices.
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Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, historic preservation, or a related field.
- Analytical skills, and familiarity with research techniques, local/regional prehistoric and/or historic archaeology required.
- 0-1 years of experience working in the environmental planning and permitting field, completing environmental surveys, impact assessments, and regulatory compliance for a variety of projects relating to transportation, energy development, zoning, and tribal or federal land activities.
- Knowledge of public and private sector requirements and practices for cultural resources surveys.
- Ability to travel out of the immediate area and to work outside of regular work hours if needed.
- Ability to navigate and collect data using GPS equipment.
- Good organizational skills, multi-tasking capabilities and attention to detail.
- Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others and expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience. Basic proficiency with business writing, office automation and communication software, technology, and tools.
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Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience in the New Mexico BLM CFO region.
- Experience with ArcGIS or AGOL field maps software.
- Familiarity with rules and regulations related to Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act; and state and local environmental rules and regulations and related reporting requirements.
- Demonstrated ability or progress toward being listed on federal and state cultural resource permits in New Mexico as Crew Chief.
WSP Benefits:
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
Compensation:
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $49,400 - $76,560
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
Salary : $49,400 - $76,560
