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Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. "SEARCH"

Archaeologist, Field Health and Safety Specialist

full-time Remote

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This role involves administering health and safety plans on archaeological projects, providing training, and ensuring compliance while working in diverse environments.

Position Information

SEARCH has an immediate opening for a Full Time Archaeologist with health and safety experience. This position can report out of any of the SEARCH offices or remote.               

SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 11 paid holidays per year, and paid time off (PTO). Pay is commensurate with education and experience.              

Key Responsibilities:

  • Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to perform archaeological survey and excavation in support of fieldwork for Phase I, II, and III studies.
  • Administer the project health and safety plan and participate in office and field training. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health and Safety Manager. 
  • Travel to job sites throughout the US to provide health and safety trainings, inspections, and provide day-to-day feedback to the Health and Safety Manager and Operations.
  • Provide hands-on solutions in the field to day-to-day health and safety needs.
  • Identify gaps and help provide solutions to Health and Manager and Operations to field health and safety plans.
  • Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, mobile device equipped with FieldMaps, and compass) to orient yourself and perform fieldwork.
  • Photo-document artifacts, ecofacts, features, excavation units, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeological sites, and work in progress; record an accurate photo log.
  • Record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation.
  • Collect artifacts, ecofacts, and samples in accordance with the research design and keep an accurate field specimen log.
  • Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) daily to ensure information is accurate and complete. Complete project tasks and errands as directed by the Lead Archaeologist, Senior Archaeologist, and/or other project leadership.
  • Complete timesheets and other administrative task or project requirements accurately and on schedule.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Other Information

  • This position will require flexible availability outside of standard working hours.
  • Applicants must be eligible to be employed in the United States.
  • Applicants must have reliable transportation.
  • SEARCH is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where a variety of backgrounds, cultures, orientations, ideas, and talents can flourish.
  • SEARCH is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
  • SEARCH is an Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.
  • Employment offers are contingent upon satisfactory verification of criminal, education, driving, and/or employment background checks as well as passing results from a pre-employment drug screen.
  • We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you believe you require such assistance to complete this form or, if requested, to participate in an interview, please let us know.

Requirements

Qualifications Required:

Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a closely related field. Master’s degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a closely related field preferred.

Completion of an accredited archaeological field school and/or six months of field experience.

Minimum three years of professional archaeological field experience encompassing some supervisory experience. 

Experience with in-field health and safety.

Ability to travel for extended periods of time and maintain a valid driver’s license, a good driving record, and access to reliable transportation.

Ability to obtain government security clearance.

Ability to carry up to 50 lbs. occasionally.

Ability to undertake physical work outside, often in inclement weather.

Benefits

SEARCH Compensation and Benefits include:

  • Competitive Salary
  • Per Diem (for overnight travel)
  • SEARCH-subsidized Group Health Insurance (including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage)
  • SEARCH-provided Short-Term Disability Insurance
  • SEARCH-provided Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • SEARCH-provided Group Term Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Life Insurance

Perks & Benefits Extracted with AI

  • Health Insurance: SEARCH-subsidized Group Health Insurance (including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage)
  • Other Benefit: Voluntary Life Insurance
Southeastern Archaeological Research, Inc. "SEARCH"

SEARCH is at the forefront of the Cultural Resources Management industry, and we continuously seek top talent. We have high expectations for ourselves, our staff, and our company. A career with SEARCH likely will be more challenging and more demanding than your previous job. We strive for the best out of our people, and we encourage you to apply if you can deliver consistently great work with an optimistic and positive attitude. If you believe that you are among the finest at what you do, then we encourage you to apply to work with us and enjoy a career that is professionally and personally rewarding (and fun). To help you decide whether SEARCH is a good fit for you, we’ve listed a few of the values which are important to us: 1. Expertise – We are subject matter experts. Our staff members are in command of the current research, methods, and best practices of their discipline, as well as the laws, regulations, guidelines, policies, and protocols that affect their field. 2. Passion – We eat, sleep, and breathe cultural resources management. We work hard and we enjoy the rewards of hard work. We come in early if need be, and we stay late because we love what we do (and because of an occasional deadline). Often many of us are active in our field in our own personal time because CRM is in our blood. 3. Teamwork – We communicate well and often. We are a multidisciplinary team of professionals, and we work best when we collaborate and share ideas within our immediate teams and enterprise wide. 4. Improvement – We continually strive forward and don’t settle. We are constantly improving our own work, our processes, and our products, and we embrace new ideas that make us better. Never do we say, “It’s good enough” or “It’s only a draft.” 5. Perfection, please – Attention to detail matters to us. We are looking for people who consistently deliver superior work products and who carefully craft every field note, e-mail, letter, agenda, map, photo, table, computer file name, and multi-volume technical report. SEARCH’s excellent reputation is based on our delivery of outstanding work, and we take this very seriously.6. “Please” perfection – Manners matter to us. We are looking for people who are in command of social graces. Opening the door opens doors. We offer a great benefits package to those who come aboard with us! SEARCH compensation and benefits include: Competitive Salary Per Diem (for overnight travel) SEARCH-subsidized Group Health Insurance (including Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage) SEARCH-provided Short-Term Disability Insurance SEARCH-provided Long-Term Disability Insurance SEARCH-provided Group Term Life Insurance Voluntary Life Insurance Generous 401(k) Retirement Plan Paid Holidays (10) Paid Time Off (PTO) Employee Assistance Program Emergency Travel Assistance Merit-Based Raises, Bonuses, and Promotions We conduct pre-employment drug testing, DMV check, and criminal background check. We treat all employment inquiries confidentially. Reliable transportation is required for all positions. For more information, please visit www.searchinc.com SEARCH is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. SEARCH is an Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. SEARCH will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.

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