Tetra Tech Inc., an industry leader and nationally recognized engineering and consulting firm, is seeking professional, motivated, and intelligent candidates to fill a pool of Archaeological Field Technician positions for our Federal NEPA, NHPA, and Environmental Compliance team. The people selected will become a part of a growing cultural resource management team of professionals working on the Sentinel (GBSD) Project be deployed for field work in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota; and will conduct a variety of field, administrative, and project planning tasks to support DoD and other Federal contracts. Candidates will also be part of projects to support infrastructure, DoE, energy, and various other projects throughout the United States.

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Your Role:

• Support field projects to include participation of all data collection, field inventory, monitoring, evaluative testing, and site mitigation within multiple states (prior experience in the Great Plains, Intermountain West, and Southeast highly desired).
• Record archaeological sites and collect field data to be included in technical reports.
• Work alongside Tribal Cultural Specialists to record sites of cultural or religious significance to Native Americans.
• Report on daily work activities to crew chiefs, field directors, and project management.
• Coordinate with technical crew members, including field directors and crew chiefs, to complete assigned tasks or serving as a field director or crew chief may be required based upon the project.
• Perform archaeological survey including shovel testing, pedestrian survey, and desktop analysis.
• Other duties may be assigned to support field operations, reporting, and data/GIS management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology/Archaeology with a concentration in North American Archaeology or closely related field is required.
• Completion of an archaeological field school or have at least 2 years of North American cultural resource management experience is required.
• Prior experience conducting document reviews and writing technical documents highly desired.
• Direct experience with government agencies, DoD cultural resource regulations and projects, and the Air Force is highly desired.
• Direct experience with government and DoD Section 106 compliance; previous work with SHPOs and THPOs highly desired.
• Previous experience with GIS data collection and software highly desired