On-Call Field Archaeologist- Puget Sound-Seattle

About the role

The On-Call Archaeologist will assist senior archaeologists primarily in fieldwork, with tasks including survey, testing, evaluation, data recovery, and construction monitoring. Other duties may include laboratory analysis, conducting background research, assisting with report preparation, and other tasks as assigned.

Responsibilities

• Assist senior archaeologists in fieldwork tasks such as survey, testing, evaluation, data recovery, and construction monitoring.
• Conduct laboratory analysis and assist with report preparation.
• Conduct background research and take detailed field notes.
• Travel for up to 8 days may be involved, with much of the work being local and not requiring overnight travel.
• Work outdoors under all weather conditions and may require hiking 5 to 10 miles per day, shovel testing, and long periods of standing.
• Single occupancy hotels and GSA per diem rates provided by the company apply while traveling on assignments.
• Milage paid at the current GSA rate will be paid should personal vehicles be used.
• All travel time will be paid at the hourly rate.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, or related field.
• 2+ years of field experience in archaeological monitoring and survey.
• Valid driver’s license and successful completion of a Motor Vehicle Records (MVR) check.
• Field experience with the ability to conduct field visits in the Pacific Northwest.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate effectively with ICF senior staff and construction personnel.
• Knowledge and familiarity with computers and smart devices.
• Background in precontact or historic-period archaeology.
• Crew Lead – experience in technical writing and leading a crew.

Qualifications

• Excellent field skills, including the ability to identify precontact and historic-period artifacts.
• Take detailed field notes.
• Experience with computers and smart devices.
• Knowledge of precontact or historic-period archaeology.
• Experience in technical writing and leading a crew (for Crew Lead).

Skills

• Excellent field skills.
• Ability to identify precontact and historic-period artifacts.
• Take detailed field notes.
• Computer and smart device proficiency.
• Technical writing skills (for Crew Lead).

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Compensation: While the range below is broader for career development, this position will offer an hourly pay range as follows: On-Call Archaeologist $25-30/per hour; On-Call Archaeologist (Crew Lead) $30-35/per hour.

Schedule

On-Call Employment with ICF. On-Call employees are scheduled for work hours as they become available, and each on-call employee is free to accept or refuse the hours assigned to them in a given week. On-Call employees may work concurrent projects outside of their ICF assignment (as long as their outside work does not create a conflict of interest with the work they do for ICF).

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