Archaeological Field Technician
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is currently recruiting for one part-time on call Archaeological Field Technician to work in Central Pennsylvania and potentially on future projects throughout the country. The successful candidate should be located within normal commuting distance of our New Cumberland, Pennsylvania office.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Survey transects up to fifteen miles in length on a daily basis
- Recordation and delineation of archaeological sites
- Completion of archaeological site forms, site sketches, profiles, logs, and other paperwork
- Excavation of shovel test pits, test units, trenches, or other excavation as needed
- Identification and description of soil profiles, horizons, artifacts, and cultural features
- Artifact organization, processing, and inventory
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Excellent written, oral, and computer skills
- Ability to exercise professional discretion and judgment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Periodic travel required, including international travel
- Candidate must be able to work in project locations remote from their home office for extended time periods. Such remote deployments may recur with as little as three calendar days intervening between deployments.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license with clean record
- Drug screen required for position
Education and Experience
- BA degree in Archaeology or Anthropology
- Completion of an archaeological field school or a minimum of one year of professional archaeological experience (no academic experience may fill this requirement)
- Experience in Mid-Atlantic archaeology preferred
- Experience in Archaeological Survey
- Experience with completing archaeological forms and paperwork
- Experience identifying soil horizons, cultural features, and artifacts
- Experience in organizing and inventorying data
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, talk, and hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/ or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- The employee may be required to walk up to 15 miles a day in rough and uneven terrain and transport up to 35 pounds of gear.
- Will be required to perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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