Senior-level Archaeologist - Pasadena & Mission Viejo
Company: Dudek
Location: Pasadena
Posted on: April 25, 2024
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Job Description:
Who We Are
Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm
that help public and private clients plan, design, and build
projects that improve communities' built and natural
infrastructure. Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more
than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top
Workplace Award for 2024.
As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart,
productive team members with ownership, professional development,
and financial benefits. We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers
working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations,
and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project
goals.
We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.
At Dudek, we abide by shared values:
Trust: - We trust each other to use good judgment.
Respect: - We act professionally and treat each other fairly.
Teamwork: - We come together, share openly, and apply diverse
perspectives.
Fun: - We take our work seriously---not ourselves.
Well-Being : - We care about each other's health, safety, and total
wellness.
Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work. We
empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and
themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to
work! -Our cultural programs include:
DuGreen: Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our
environmental footprint
DuGood: Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the
communities in which we live and work through fundraising
challenges, office-based giving and opportunity to take a paid
volunteer day each year.
eDUcate: Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster
interest in our work and careers in the environmental and
engineering field by participating in educational events in our
communities.
DuWell: Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on
wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.
At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity,
trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our
firm. Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs) operate as diversity
champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented
employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and
brainstorm ways to make Dudek's work community more inclusive. We
proudly support our 4 Employee Resource Groups (ERG's):
Women at Dudek
Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+)
community
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)
Learn more about our culture.
(https://dudek.com/our-firm/our-culture/)
About The Job
We are seeking a full-time Senior Archaeologist for our Pasadena or
Mission Viejo office. The successful applicant will manage and
implement diverse cultural resources projects and work
collaboratively with existing Dudek staff. Direct experience
working in the greater Los Angeles, Orange County, and Inland
Empire is strongly desired, as well as the ability to travel and
work outside of the local area. The qualified candidate will have
experience with client relations and seeing projects to completion
from start to finish.
Learn more about the projects (https://dudek.com/all-projects/) you
will have the opportunity to shape.
Who You Are
To thrive at Dudek, you should be comfortable with accountability,
collaboration, flexibility while being a resourceful and
independent thinker. We look for curious, solution-focused people
who can adapt quickly to an ever-changing industry. There is no
single way to solve a problem, so we encourage innovation.
Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):
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Ability to successfully manage all aspects of small-, medium-, and
large-sized projects, including archeological monitoring, surveys,
subsurface explorations, significance testing, and mitigation data
recovery investigations requiring scope of work/technical approach,
budget, and schedule preparation.
The applicant would implement and manage archaeological monitoring,
survey, and excavation projects from start to finish,
responsibilities of which include:
knowing and applying local, state, and federal regulations for
cultural resources
preparing research design, scopes of work, and permit
application,
coordinating with our project administrators and accountants to set
up, organize, and manage projects according to the scope of
work,
coordinating with clients, Native American tribes, and agency staff
and managing expectations for each project,
coordinating within Dudek to ensure the project is staffed
appropriately,
directing fieldwork in-person where required or delegating
responsibility for field direction to qualified staff while
maintain open communication with field staff,
reviewing the field crew's daily logs and other field forms, notes,
and collected GIS data for quality control and to ensure fieldwork
continues to meet contractual obligations and state and federal
standards for cultural resources investigations,
leading laboratory analysis for collected materials and
coordinating with our laboratory manager for collections
processing, analysis, and curation.
authoring, reviewing, and managing the timely submittal of cultural
resources monitoring, survey, and excavation technical reports, and
addressing any comments from the client, tribes, or agency
staff,
continuing to support the client through the project's regulatory
process, as necessary
The applicant will be expected to maintain our existing client
relationships and develop relationships with new clients. Ability
to champion proposals, collaborate with our marketing team and
other team members, and clearly communicate our qualifications,
experience, and work approach to a potential client will be
necessary.
The applicant may supervise and mentor junior staff, conduct
performance reviews, and encourage junior staff with career pathing
and professional development.
The applicant will have attention and commitment to timely
completion of high-quality work.
The applicant will have excellent written and oral communication
skills.
Minimum Requirements
A graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral degree in archaeology or
anthropology)
Minimum of 8 years' supervisory experience in cultural resources
management, or equivalent experience in regulatory setting.
Knowledge of the history, archaeology, and ethnography of Southern
California
A working knowledge of local, State, and federal cultural resources
regulations and guidelines
Ability to manage field crews and to logically support field
decisions
Supervisory and management experience
Business development experience
Excellent writing skills
Good knowledge and application of CEQA/NEPA analyses for cultural
resources and tribal cultural resources
Willingness to travel to a project location for several consecutive
days
Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal
automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
Preferred Qualifications
Supervisory and management experience in archaeological monitoring,
survey, and excavation projects and experience completing projects
for a variety of client types: private, local governments, state
and federal agencies.
Knowledge of and experience using ESRI ArcGIS Online and Field
Maps
Physical Requirements
Working Conditions:
This job operates in a remote or office-based environment and this
role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers,
phones, printers, etc.
Will occasionally require fieldwork that can include workdays over
8 hours long.
This job requires occasional project site visits-based outdoors
which can include excessive noise, uneven walking surfaces, extreme
weather, moving vehicles and equipment.
Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met in order to successfully
perform the essential functions of the job.
This job requires working on a computer, sitting or standing for
long periods of time in an office or remote office setting.
This job requires attending meetings, both in person and virtually
as well as speaking on the phone with peers, clients, etc.
Speaking, hearing and listening are required.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth
perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Proposed Salary Range: $100,000-$150,000 annually*
*Final agreed upon compensation will be based on a variety of
factors including but not limited to an individual's related
experience, education, certifications, skills, and work
location.
Perks of Being a Dudekian
At Dudek we will provide you with a competitive salary in an
environment that promotes growth, career development, and a
flexible work-life balance. Dudek offers an array of benefits, from
medical, dental, and vision coverage, to the discretionary bonuses,
based on firmwide, divisional, and individual performance.
We also offer a yearly merit review, an employee stock ownership
program, and dog friendly offices! To honor our key value of
well-being, Dudek provides generous Paid Time Off (PTO) packages
for both salaried and hourly employees. If you're tired of an
overly bureaucratic decision-making process and want to be part of
a work culture that puts its employees first, speak with your
recruiter to learn more about the great perks of being a
Dudekian.
Dudek is an Equal Opportunity Employer. - Qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or
ethnic origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other
characteristics protected by applicable law.
Dudek is a U.S.-based employer. All positions are based in the U.S.
and require U.S. work authorization.
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