Western Area Power Administration, a division of the Department of Energy, is seeking a contract archaeologist to assist the cultural resource staff. For this contract, RiverTech will provide a Cultural Resource Manager to the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Rocky Mountain Region (RMR) to perform various cultural resource management activities in compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (NHPA) and other cultural resource related laws and regulations, including Department of Energy and WPA policies and orders.
Compensation: this full-time Exempt position pays between $60K – $65K, pending experience.
The Cultural Resource Manager’s responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Conduct background research and field surveys (including the identification, documentation, analysis, and evaluation of cultural resources) in accordance with applicable protocols and other requirements.
- Analyze and compile data gathered during field surveys into reports, clearly identifying the impacts of an undertaking on cultural resources and, if necessary, recommend any mitigation required to resolve adverse effects to historic properties.
- Perform cultural resource monitoring and compile data into monitoring reports.
- Collect, analyze, and manage cultural resource related geographic information system (GIS) data and submit data for entry into WAPA GIS database.
- Assist with the preparation of statements of work used in requests for proposals to Contractors for cultural resource related services.
- Review Contractor reports (survey and monitoring) and other related documents for quality assurance.
- Organize and manage cultural resource related files.
- Assist in the preparation and review (quality assurance) of National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) documents.
- Other duties as needed
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