Senior-level Archaeologist

About The Job
We are seeking a full-time, senior-level Archaeologist for our Seattle office.

The successful applicant will help build the cultural resources practice locally in the City of Seattle and surrounding area; manage and implement diverse cultural resources projects; and work collaboratively with existing Dudek staff.

Direct experience working in Washington, Oregon, and the rest of the Pacific Northwest is strongly desired, as well as the ability to travel and work outside of the local area, if required.

The qualified candidate will have experience with client relations and seeing projects to completion from start to finish. This is a great opportunity for a motivated candidate to help grow the cultural resources program in Seattle.
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Who We Are

Dudek is a leading environmental, planning, and engineering firm that help public and private clients plan, design, and build projects that improve communities' built and natural infrastructure.

Founded in 1980, Dudek has grown steadily to more than 800 professionals across the U.S. and received the Top Workplace Award for 2024.

As a 100% employee-owned company, Dudek's culture rewards smart, productive team members with ownership, professional development, and financial benefits.

We seek creative, pragmatic problem-solvers working at the intersection of science, engineering, regulations, and multiple stakeholders' interest to help clients achieve project goals.

We encourage collaboration, sustainability, and innovation.

At Dudek, we abide by shared values:

Trust:
We trust each other to use good judgment.

Respect:
We act professionally and treat each other fairly.

Teamwork:
We come together, share openly, and apply diverse perspectives.

Fun:
We take our work ourselves.
Well-Being
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We care about each other's health, safety, and total wellness.

Our culture is the foundation of who we are and how we work.

We empower our employee-owners to invest in our local communities and themselves through initiatives that make Dudek a great place to work Our cultural programs include:

DuGreen:
Our sustainability initiative, which works to improve our environmental footprint

DuGood:

Our philanthropic initiative, which seeks to support the communities in which we live and work through fundraising challenges, office-based giving and opportunity to take a paid volunteer day each year.

eDUcate:

Our educational outreach program where we aim to foster interest in our work and careers in the environmental and engineering field by participating in educational events in our communities.

DuWell:
Our wellness initiative, aimed at providing education on wellness, benefit resources, and preventive care.

At Dudek, we recognize that different perspectives, inclusivity, trust and belonging build a stronger culture and add value to our firm.

Dudek's Employee Resource (ERGs)operate as diversity champions within Dudek and create a safe space for underrepresented employees and their allies to support, collaborate, network, and brainstorm ways to make Dudek's work community more inclusive.

We proudly support our 4 Employee Resource Groups (ERG's):

Women at Dudek
Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) community
Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) employees
Disabled employees (all disabilities, seen / unseen)
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Duties and Responsibilities (may include some or all of the below):

The applicant will be expected to maintain our existing client relationships and develop relationships with new clients in the greater Seattle area.

Ability to champion proposals, collaborate with our marketing team and other team members, and clearly communicate our qualifications, experience, and work approach to a potential client will be necessary.

The applicant will be expected to implement and manage from start to finish all aspects of small-, medium-, and large-sized projects, including surveys, subsurface explorations, significance testing, mitigation data recovery investigations, and archeological monitoring, responsibilities of which include:

knowing and applying local, state, and federal regulations for cultural resources
preparing research designs, scopes of work/technical approaches, schedules preparation, and permit applications,
coordinating with our project administrators and accountants to set up, organize, and manage projects according to the scope of work,
coordinating with clients, Native American tribes, and agency staff and managing expectations for each project,
coordinating within Dudek to ensure the project is staffed appropriately,
directing fieldwork in-person where required or delegating responsibility for field direction to qualified staff while maintain open communication with field staff,
reviewing the field crew's daily logs and other field forms, notes, and collected GIS data for quality control and to ensure fieldwork continues to meet contractual obligations and state and federal standards for cultural resources investigations,
leading laboratory analysis for collected materials and coordinating with our laboratory manager for collections processing, analysis, and curation.
authoring, reviewing, and managing the timely submittal of cultural resources monitoring, survey, and excavation technical reports, and addressing any comments from the client, tribes, or agency staff,
continuing to support the client through the project's regulatory process, as necessary

The applicant will hire, supervise, and mentor junior staff in collaboration with other senior staff; conduct performance reviews; and encourage junior staff with career pathing and professional development.

The applicant will have attention and commitment to timely completion of high-quality work.
The applicant will have and apply excellent written and oral communication skills.

Minimum Requirements
Graduate degree (Master's or Doctoral degree in archaeology or anthropology)
Minimum of 12 years' supervisory and management experience in cultural resource management, or equivalent experience in regulatory setting
Knowledge of the history, archaeology, and ethnography of Washington, Oregon, and elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest
A working knowledge of local state, and federal cultural resources regulations and guidelines
Supervisory and management experience in archaeological monitoring, survey, and excavation projects in Washington and Oregon, and experience completing projects for a variety of client types:
private, local governments, state and federal agencies
Ability to manage junior staff and field crews and to logistically support project decisions
Business development experience
Excellent writing skills (writing samples will be requested)
Willingness to travel to a project location for several consecutive days
Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by first day of employment
Preferred Qualifications

Maintains good relationships with staff at the City of Seattle, surrounding counties, and state and federal agencies active in the region.

Knowledge of and experience using ESRI ArcGIS Online and Field Maps

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