Experienced GIS Archaeologist

Who You Are

• Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology or a related field.
  • 3-5 years of relevant post-education experience in discipline and demonstrated GIS experience working with cultural records reviews, surveys, monitoring, testing and data recovery.
  • Demonstrated professional experience with ESRI’s Arc GIS platform including AGOL, FieldMaps, and ArcMap.
  • Analytical skills and prior experience with research techniques, modeling data, scanning, georeferencing, and digitizing files, and experience maintaining records and databases (Access and Excel) with assigned projects required.
  • Experience with GIS field equipment, configuring FieldMaps, Survey 123, and mobile field data collection.
  • Cumulative interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a scientific and non-scientific audience.
  • Strong ability to communicate with non-GIS and non-archaeology staff about project requirements, barriers and needs.
  • Basic proficiency with business writing, office automation and communication software, web mapping applications and tools; MS Office suite essentials (MS Team, SharePoint, MS Word, and MS Excel).
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
  • Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage GIS/mapping aspects of archaeology projects with the ability to train, mentor and manage junior GIS and archeology staff as needed on GIS projects, desktop reviews, or aspects of field projects as needed.
• Preferred Qualifications:
  • Familiarity and experience with Southwest Archaeology.
  • MA/MS in Anthropology with GIS Certificate or advanced degree.
  • Demonstrated ability to conduct archaeological fieldwork and process mobile field data into map and data deliverables.
  • Ability to process non-archaeology GIS requests in support of larger projects to include other resources such as biology, paleontology, and architectural history GIS/mapping support.

What You Will Do

• Aid in conducting archaeological desktop (cultural records reviews) fieldwork (survey, monitoring, testing and data recovery) including setting up ESRI FieldMap projects and supporting hardware to support fieldwork and reporting.
• Maintain strict quality control standards and share procedures for mobile field data collection and conversion for use in maps and data supporting records reviews, survey, monitoring, testing and data recovery reports.
• Regularly train archaeology staff on mobile field data collection procedures and quality standards for staff throughout the Western U.S.
• Perform professional GIS work relating to conducting archaeological investigations, inspections relating to digital mapping, merging topographical data with external data, identifying the characteristics and conditions of a site, and determining the authenticity of spatial data.
• Work with state and federal digital databases (e.g., AZSITE, NVCRIS, SEGO, and NMCRIS) and obtain and process data from state, federal and tribal sources for use in cultural records reviews.
• Contribute to the preparation of maps and data that contribute to technical reports summarizing research with findings and conclusions, generating complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems, field/work site notes, and GIS data.
• Assist in researching and illustrating the cultural sites, features and isolated occurrences of project areas as well as maintaining data security related to archaeological projects in accordance with state and federal standards.
• Offer input and analysis with permitting activities and related mitigation strategies.
• Develop ESRI FieldMaps, export data for use in AutoCAD and Google Earth Professional as well as convert data for use in ESRI ArcMap.
• Aid in fieldwork as needed (roughly 15%) with up to 20% travel as required by archaeology support projects.

Impact

• Supports archaeological desktop and fieldwork including setting up ESRI FieldMap projects and supporting hardware to support fieldwork and reporting.
• Maintains strict quality control standards and shares procedures for mobile field data collection and conversion for use in maps and data supporting records reviews, survey, monitoring, testing and data recovery reports.
• Trains archaeology staff on mobile field data collection procedures and quality standards for staff throughout the Western U.S.
• Performs professional GIS work relating to conducting archaeological investigations, inspections relating to digital mapping, merging topographical data with external data, identifying the characteristics and conditions of a site, and determining the authenticity of spatial data.
• Works with state and federal digital databases (e.g., AZSITE, NVCRIS, SEGO, and NMCRIS) and obtains and processes data from state, federal and tribal sources for use in cultural records reviews.
• Contributes to the preparation of maps and data that contribute to technical reports summarizing research with findings and conclusions, generating complete, accurate, and concise documentation using electronic systems, field/work site notes, and GIS data.
• Assists in researching and illustrating the cultural sites, features and isolated occurrences of project areas as well as maintaining data security related to archaeological projects in accordance with state and federal standards.
• Offers input and analysis with permitting activities and related mitigation strategies.
• Develops ESRI FieldMaps, exports data for use in AutoCAD and Google Earth Professional as well as converts data for use in ESRI ArcMap.
• Aids in fieldwork as needed (roughly 15%) with up to 20% travel as required by archaeology support projects.

Benefits

• Comprehensive suite of benefits focused on health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid sick leave, vacation, parental leave, and bereavement time off.
• Health and safety policies.

Compensation

• Expected Salary Range: $68,700 - $98,230.

Contact Information

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