Assistant Project Manager - Cultural Resources

SWCA's Program Management team is excited to fill a Cultural Resources Assistant Project Manager position, focusing on office and field work supporting renewable energy, transmission, and related industrial projects in the Rocky Mountain Plains Region. This position will be reporting into Sheridan, Wyoming, with job roles in Wyoming and adjacent states. This position is a regular, full-time, hourly, benefitted position eligible for overtime pay at time-and-a-half.

This requisition can hire at two levels:

• Associate Project Manager - typically, with up to five (5) years of relevant experience and expertise.
• Assistant Project Manager - typically, with up to three (3) years of relevant experience and expertise.

Application deadline: Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we will close the application process. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

• Conduct and organize background research, including records searches through State Historic Preservation Offices.
• Coordinate with clients, agencies, subconsultants, and Native American monitors to arrange fieldwork and facilitate projects.
• Complete pre-field planning and logistics.
• Assist the Project Manager on project scoping, proposals, budgets, and timetables..
• Directly supervise staff:
• Interviewing, selecting and onboarding new hires
• Provide direction, training, coaching, performance management and feedback to direct-line supervisees, as well as all field crew members while under deployment
• Provide corrective actions with staff members, working with HR as needed on discipline and/or discharge
• Complete field skills assessments on all crew members, providing feedback to ensure team members are learning and advancing skills while work is being performed on time and on budget
• Complete performance reviews with regular status supervisees, ensuring employee engagement is high and career development plans are actioned
• Participate with Project Managers, Team Leads and Program Director on overall talent management of the Cultural Resources Program including evaluating staffing levels, scheduling, retaining/continuing/exiting employees, assigning work, determining promotional/status opportunities, making compensation decisions, etc.
• Supervise fieldwork, including archaeological survey, testing, data recovery, and/or construction monitoring and ensures quality and completeness of data collected, including:
• Independently assign and direct the activities of others on behalf of SWCA, often in remote areas without immediate guidance from senior managers, to ensure quality and on-time delivery.
• Ensure that employees understand their responsibilities and delegated tasks and being held accountable if crew members under your supervision are not performing their activities correctly, productively, and safely.
• Serve as a conduit of communication between employees and senior managers, including communicating issues to relevant senior managers.
• Receive and resolve complaints from employees in the field.
• Monitor team productivity and offering timely performance guidance, including determining when correction action is needed and delivering appropriate feedback.
• Take initiative, resolves problems, and create improved procedures to ensure that tasks are completed in the most effective and efficient manner.
• In coordination with the project manager, organize and prepare technical reports.
• Maintain SWCA's high standard of scientific ethics and quality assurance, and identify and resolve problems in creative ways.

• Take responsibility for team safety, assisting in safety plans, and identifying potential safety hazards.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a related field.
• Three years of experience in the archaeology of the western United States.
• Two years of experience in cultural resources management (CRM) on a variety of project types, sizes, regions, and agencies.
• Experience with standard archaeological survey and excavation techniques.
• Ability to travel to a location, walk and conduct fieldwork for long hours, sometimes in inclement weather, rugged terrain, often at high altitudes, and ability to carry equipment and supplies weighing up to 40 pounds.
• Availability to work extended field rotations and travel accordingly, plus additional hours organizing paperwork/emails daily.
• Valid driver's license, the ability to pass a Motor Vehicle background screening, with access to reliable personal transportation.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a related field.
• Five years of experience in the archaeology of the western United States.
• Knowledge of federal and state preservation laws and regulations including, but not limited to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Archaeological Resources Protection Act, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act .
• Ability to be listed as a project archaeologist or field director on state and federal permits for Wyoming and/or adjacent states.
• Experience leading archaeology crews on a variety of project types and sizes, regions, and agencies.
• Report authorship and experience providing quality control review of field documents and archaeological data.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience with programs such as Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Smartsheet, and others.
• Experience collecting field data using mobile technology; iPads and Esri software.

Knowledge, Skills, & Attributes:

• Strong oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to coordinate effectively.
• Strong people leadership and supervision abilities, including problem solving, constructive conflict resolution, and decision making.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Team player with strong ability take initiative and solve problems.
• Ability to provide guidance and feedback on employee performance.

Why Work at SWCA:

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services. Our North Star is to make SWCA the best workplace and industry leader in sustainability, bringing sound science and creative solutions to global environmental challenges while maintaining a dedication to employee-ownership. We live our core values: we collaborate as #OneSWCA; we are #AlwaysLearning, we #NeverSettle, and we #GiveBack.

We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms. We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).

At SWCA, we support our team members in developing their careers to make them leaders in their industry. Our Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA. We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria. All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.

If you need assistance accessing SWCA's website, completing the online application, or require accommodations at any point during the hiring process due to a disability, please contact us at accommodations@swca.com or call 1-480-581-5378. We're committed to providing an inclusive and supportive experience for all candidates. This contact information is specifically for accommodation requests; other inquiries will not receive a response.

EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply. At SWCA Environmental Consultants, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including those with diverse experiences and veterans, to apply. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce enhances creativity, innovation, and overall organizational success.

SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee in this Sheridan, Wyoming, position can expect a compensation of:

• Associate Project Manager - Cultural Resources = $32.03 - $40.95/hr.
• Assistant Project Manager - Cultural Resources = $28.88 - $36.75/hr.

Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications, geographic location, client requirements where applicable, and other factors permitted by law. Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses. Candidates are also encouraged to consider SWCA's Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive Benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff. We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA's continued success. Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position. We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.

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