Tribal Monitor

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Contribute to NEPA Environmental Assessment mitigations requiring Tribal Monitors.
• Maintain guidelines outlined in the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project (EPCU).
• Provide cultural resources monitoring during ground disturbing activities in the vicinity of cultural sites during pre-construction and construction phases.
• Receive and comply with project-specific training and safety protocols, including wearing personal protective equipment.
• Participate in safety and environmental pre-job meetings, Plan of the Day status meetings, and daily pre-job and post-job brief meetings.
• Attend Design Review and Construction Review meetings as applicable.
• Communicate directly with the LANL Cultural Resources team, Project Manager, and EPCU STR regarding monitoring activities and any identified issues or concerns.
• Participate in ground disturbing preconstruction and construction activities to identify any previously unidentified historic properties, TCPs, or NAGPRA-protected items.
• Maintain applicable Minimum Approach Distances (MADs) during all preconstruction and construction activities.
• Report daily monitoring activities, including any issues or concerns encountered, to the LANL Cultural Resources team, Project Manager, or EPCU STR.
• Provide input on anticipated pole locations, tensioning sites, laydown areas, and identification of historic properties to be avoided during the design review process.
• Observe ground-disturbing activities during project pre-construction and construction, including vegetation clearing, grading, trenching, and other soil-disturbing work.
• Replace any potentially significant artifacts found during monitoring to the same location where they were found.
• Follow the post-review discovery plan for reporting unidentified cultural properties.

Education and Licensure

• High school diploma.

Skills, Experience And Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience and/or education in identifying cultural properties, sites, and/or items.
• Confidence in communicating both verbally and written.
• Physical ability to work in demanding environments, including the ability to utilize ladders and stairs, and the ability to carry instruments and/or supplies up to 35 pounds.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Ability to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance.
• Completion of health & safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.

Preferred Qualifications and Location Details

• Prior experience as a tribal monitor.
• Location: Los Alamos National Lab – Los Alamos, NM.
• Onsite Position.