Archaeological Manager

🕒 May 2

🌵 Arizona, California – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🏄 California – Remote

💵 $90k - $115k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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GAI Consultants, Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1958

⚡ Energy

🚗 Transport

🏛️ Government

💰 Private equity on 2022-11

Energy • Transport • Government

GAI Consultants, Inc. is a multidisciplinary engineering, planning, and environmental consulting firm founded in 1958. The firm delivers civil, structural, geotechnical, environmental, surveying, and construction services for infrastructure and energy projects, including transportation (bridges, roadways), power generation and delivery (including renewables and grid resiliency), water/wastewater, and data center/mission-critical facilities. GAI serves public and private clients—particularly municipal, government, and utility sectors—providing planning, design, permitting, and project management to support complex infrastructure and environmental projects.

📋 Description

• Lead cultural resource management strategy across the full project lifecycle for compliance under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA): preliminary routing/siting, CEQA/NEPA analysis, and construction compliance. • Serve as the primary client contact and agency liaison focused on advancing a project forward. • Prepare, submit, and track archaeological investigations; records reviews, archival research, ethnographic research; manage field surveys testing, and data recoveries/mitigations as well as the associated technical report writing; and conducted agency and Tribal consultations and related to these efforts. • Leverage comprehensive understanding of CEQA and NEPA as related to cultural resources to identify potential project risks and negotiate complex mitigation strategies with agencies and stakeholders. • Manage GAI technical personnel and field teams related to cultural resources tasks, and the associated budgets, schedules, and Quality Assurance/Quality Control processes. • Drive business development: identify opportunities, proposal strategy and writing, participate in interviews, and support account growth across various markets. • Mentor and train junior and mid-level cultural resources staff.

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s or doctorate degree in Archaeology, Anthropology or a closely related discipline. • Minimum 10 years’ experience in cultural resources studies with proven expertise with environmental impacts analysis, siting/routing studies, CEQA/ NEPA documentation, and agency (BLM, US Army Corps of Engineers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, etc.)/ Tribal coordination. • Strong project management skills with a successful track record of overseeing and delivering multiple complex cultural resource projects in various phases of development and geographic locations on time and on budget using both in-house and subconsultant staff. • Excellent writing skills are required with proven ability to author, manage and review technical reports supporting federal, state, and local regulatory compliance documentation. • Advanced understanding of multi-discipline characteristics within the cultural resource profession (such as history, archaeology, historic architecture, ethnography, and archives). • Extensive knowledge and expertise in federal and state cultural resource laws and regulations, including the NHPA and the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, CEQA and NEPA. • Proven success in business development resulting in sales generation and new client relationships within an environmental consulting setting. • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of programs (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) • Ability to travel (up to 25%) to project sites, GAI office locations, business development events/conferences, stakeholder events, agency and client meetings as needed. • Maintain a valid driver’s license.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Pay & Recognition • Market based, competitive compensation • Performance driven recognition and development bonuses • Comprehensive Health & Wellness • Medical, dental, and vision plans • Company paid short-term and long-term disability • Company paid life insurance • Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources • Generous paid time off + 7 paid holidays • An additional floating holiday—use it for what matters to you • Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave • 401(k) with company match • Tuition reimbursement • Support and rewards for professional development and certifications