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Paleontological Field Director | Nevada

Chronicle Heritage

Las Vegas, NV | Full Time

$58k-77k (estimate)

5 Months Ago

Paleontological Field Director | Nevada

Chronicle Heritage Las Vegas, NV

$58k-77k (estimate)

Full Time 5 Months Ago

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Chronicle Heritage is Hiring a Paleontological Field Director | Nevada Near Las Vegas, NV

Company Profile

Chronicle Heritage is a solution-driven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the best cultural resource management professionals in the industry. We place an emphasis on supporting our clients’ needs, fostering new technologies that advance our industry, and leveraging those advancements toward the management of non-renewable cultural resources. Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.

Job Description

Chronicle Heritage seeks a Paleontological Field Director to join our quickly growing team of experienced, motivated professionals in Nevada. The Field Director will provide leadership for the paleontology field mitigation crew in support of ongoing transmission, renewable energy, transportation, and federal and state inventory projects in Nevada and surrounding states. Some travel is required with the potential for extended overnight hotel stays. Compensation for travel and lodging is provided on a project-by-project basis. Pay rate is dependent upon experience.

Hire Type: Full Time (hourly)

Schedule: 40 hours, overtime when necessary, based on project needs

Location: Field-Based – Nevada and surrounding areas

Responsibilities

Oversee field, laboratory, and reporting activities for one or more projects at a time
Lead field survey crews and oversee compliance monitors
Implement federal regulations pertaining to paleontological resources
Work both independently and in a team environment
Travel, including overnight hotel stays, as necessary
Work with the team leads and project managers to successfully complete projects

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree specializing in geology, paleontology, geoscience, paleobiology, or a closely related field
3 years of experience conducting paleontological investigations in Nevada or surrounding states
Knowledge of federal regulations pertaining to paleontological resources, and state-specific knowledge
3 years of experience conducting paleontological resource surveys, identifying fossils in the field, fossil collection, and laboratory preparation
Ability to be listed as a Field Agent on federal paleontological use permits.
Ability to travel with the potential for overnight stays, sometimes in remote locations, rough terrain, and challenging weather conditions

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

Master’s degree specializing in geology, paleontology, geoscience, paleobiology, or a closely related field
3 years of experience conducting paleontological construction monitoring
Experience on BLM Projects
Demonstrated leadership abilities
Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment

Regular fieldwork or on-site inspections are required, which necessitates ability to frequently travel/drive a vehicle (sight, hearing, and manual manipulation of driving mechanisms), cognitive ability to plan travel, use maps or GPS navigation systems.
May require ambulation and movement to enable walking or hiking 10 miles per day on rough and/or hazardous terrain and occasional climbing, crouching, kneeling, balancing on rough terrain. Fieldwork may involve exposure to conditions of rain, sun, heat, wind, dust, etc., with exposure to animals, plants, wet conditions, biting insects, poison oak, etc. May require use of respiratory equipment.
Some fieldwork may require carrying loads up to 25 pounds or work around heavy construction equipment.
Vision is required to observe environmental phenomena and record and translate observations into text (either keyboard entry on a computer or dictation and audio translation of recording to Standard English scientific text).
Mental requirements include ability to organize one’s own work or that of crew members; ability to recognize and observe scientific data and analyze data as well as ability to perform calculations. Must also be able to observe social and professional interactions and respond appropriately.
Some work is performed primarily in an indoor environment and requires sustained sitting and use of fingers, hands, and arms to operate a computer and perform keyboard entry of data or document preparation (or equivalent with accommodation). Must also be able to operation standard office equipment (phone, copy machine, FAX machine, etc.).

Additional Information

Chronicle Heritage participates in E-Verify to ensure all staff are authorized to work in the United States. Chronicle Heritage is also an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We encourage underrepresented groups, women, and members of the LGBTQIA community to apply.