Job description
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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.
Equal Opportunity statement for US based applicants
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.
Job Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The statements below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified. Other duties may be assigned.
- 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
Minimum Qualifications Required:
- BA degree in Archaeology or Anthropology
- Excellent written, oral, and computer skills
- 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
- 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.
Training and Experience:
- 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.
Equal Opportunity statement for US based applicants
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans
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