**Role Overview** We have a career opportunity for a Lead Archaeologist join our team in Tempe, AZ. Are you looking for an opportunity to work with an established engineering consulting firm that values its employee’s enthusiasm and technical contributions? We encourage you to apply for this opportunity. We provide the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated and collaborative professionals. Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality. **Your Impact** + The Lead Archaeologist will lead the Tempe-based Archaeology team including growing, mentoring, and managing small teams of archaeologists and project staff. + Conducting field and desktop archeology investigations and preparing technical reports. + Scheduling, managing, coordinating, and conducting fieldwork and documentation associated with archaeological projects for a variety of clients throughout the Southwestern United States. + Responsible for contributing to the development of various levels of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)-compliant documentation. + Working collaboratively with a variety of project teams and clients in the public and private sectors and handling concurrent assignments. + Working with federal and state agencies to develop and implement Programmatic Agreements. + Will travel throughout the Southwestern United States with approximately 30% overnight travel possible. + Prepare proposals for internal and external clients. **Who You Are** **Required Qualifications** + Graduate degree in Archaeology or Anthropology. + Minimum 10 + years of professional level experience researching, analyzing, developing and managing archaeological and historic preservation plans, staff, and resources. + Meet Secretary of the Interior’s (SOI) Professional Qualification Standards for Archaeology to perform duties for National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance. + Ability to grow, mentor, and manage small teams of archaeologists and project staff. + Ability to be added to archaeological permits on state, federal, and tribal lands in the U.S. Southwest with a preference towards Arizona. + 5 + years of experience working with NEPA. + Working knowledge of the Section 106 compliance, and general archeological practices is required. + Knowledge of the Arizona State Historic Preservation Act (A.R.S. § 41-861 et seq), and the Arizona Antiquities Act (A.R.S. § 41-841 et seq), Title 37, Public Land statutes, and Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) Administrative Rules and Regulations. + Experience working on local, state, and federal projects. + Knowledge of Southwestern archaeology, anthropology, history and historic preservation. + Ability to analyze and edit technical reports for accurate information regarding cultural resources, regulations, legal descriptions, and land ownership. + Ability to apply methods, techniques and practices used to direct archaeological and historic site assessment and mitigation programs. + Ability to research, analyze, develop, and manage archaeological and historic preservation plans, staff, and resources. + Ability to coordinate archaeological mitigation measures for the preservation of cultural resources through avoidance or recovery of significant archaeological materials. + Must be detail oriented and have excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong organizational skills, and must be technologically proficient including experience with office software (MS Word, MS Teams, PM software) databases (AZSITE, Excel, Access). + Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively with various project teams and a variety of clients in the public and private sectors and handle concurrent assignments. + Must have the capability to prepare proposals for internal and external clients. + Ability to communicate with Federal and State agencies and the private sector. + Ability and willingness to travel throughout the southwestern United States. Approximately 30% overnight travel. + Must pass background check and must have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the Company's driving (MVR) policy. \#LI-TB3 **About WSP** WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started? WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. **NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:** WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.