Hybrid Senior Consultant, Archaeologist

at ERM

• Job title: Senior Consultant, Archaeologist
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Tech skills: RPA
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Portland, United States

About the role

• Senior Consultant, Archaeologist leading and executing archaeological investigations across the Pacific Northwest. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to support environmentally responsible project planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute archaeological field investigations—including surveys, testing, excavations, and construction monitoring—to support culturally responsible project planning.
• Guide the development of high-quality technical reports, contributing to environmental documents and regulatory submissions relied upon by agencies such as SHPO, DAHP, and Oregon Heritage.
• Represent ERM in communications with clients, teaming partners, and state and federal agency counterparts.
• Provide technical consulting that strengthens ERM’s archaeology and cultural heritage practice across the Pacific Northwest and broader U.S.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of planners, biologists, GIS specialists, wetland scientists, and engineers to deliver integrated, high-standard environmental solutions.

Requirements

• Graduate degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or closely related field, plus 4+ years of paid professional experience
• Ability to be listed as Field Director on BLM, ARPA, and state cultural resources permits
• Registered Professional Archaeologist (RPA); meets or exceeds Washington DAHP-, Oregon SHPO-, and Secretary of the Interior-qualified archaeologist standards
• Demonstrated experience directing fieldwork in the PNW—inventory, survey, testing, and/or data recovery—with knowledge of the Northwest Coast and Columbian Plateau culture areas
• Experience as primary or co-author of agency-reviewed technical reports (e.g., Class I/III reports, treatment plans)
• Ability to work independently or as part of a larger archaeological team
• Willingness and ability to travel across WA and OR, with occasional travel throughout the Mountains and Pacific region
• Ability to conduct physically demanding fieldwork (walking up to 10 miles/day, carrying up to 50 lbs., working in diverse weather and terrain, conducting shovel testing)
• Proficiency with mapping and field applications (e.g., total station, GPS, ArcGIS FieldMaps, Survey123)
• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.
• Flexibility to work in a variable-paced environment where priorities shift with project needs; fieldwork may be required up to 75% during peak season.

Benefits

• paid time off
• parental leave
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• disability
• AD&D insurance
• 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP
• other applicable benefits to eligible employees