Crew Lead (Archaeologist)

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.•Houston, TX

5d•$28 - $35

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms. Position Summary: Responsible for managing small field crews and conducting archaeological fieldwork, monitoring, and research associated with archaeological projects. Responsible for crew safety, maintaining project documents, leading crews in the field, assisting with scheduling fieldwork logistics, and assisting with archaeological reporting at the direction of the Section Head or Senior Archaeologist and Principal Investigator.

Responsibilities

Leads team through project field work to effectively execute project tasks
Leads Phase I archaeological field work to locate and identify sites
Conducts archaeological monitoring during construction projects or pre-construction
Collects data and field samples during archaeological investigations
Analyzes historic and pre-historic artifacts
Takes daily notes of field progress
Schedule fieldwork based on project schedule
Instructs field crews on how to use equipment, technology and field methods, as required
Assists in writing sections of archaeological reports and/or prepare archaeological site forms
Perform site mapping tasks as needed
Maintain/repair field gear as needed
Document completed field efforts in standardized format
Lead and manage field team members by providing leadership and continuous performance management (setting expectations, goals, feedback, 1:1 meeting, coaching) that supports the growth and development of team