Tribal Monitor

Geosyntec Consultants, Inc.•Los Alamos, NM

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Longenecker & Associates (L&A), a Geosyntec Company, is seeking a motivated Tribal Monitor to contribute to their mission supporting work at Sandia National Labs in Albuquerque, NM. Geosyntec is an engineering and consulting firm that addresses environmental, natural resource, and civil infrastructure challenges. They offer competitive pay, benefits, and well-being programs.

Requirements

High School diploma.
Selected and recommended by the respective Pueblo.
Demonstrated experience and/or education in identifying cultural properties, sites, and/or items.
Confidence in communicating both verbally and written.
Physical ability to work in demanding environments, including the ability to utilize ladders and stairs, and the ability to carry instruments and/or supplies up to 35 pounds.
U.S. Citizenship (due to federal contract security requirements).
Ability to successfully pass a federal background investigation to secure and maintain DOE Q security clearance (due to federal contract security requirements).
Completion of Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience as a tribal monitor.

Responsibilities

Monitor ground disturbing activities in the vicinity of cultural sites during pre-construction and construction activities as stipulated by the NEPA Environmental Assessment mitigations and the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Electrical Power Capacity Upgrade Project (EPCU).
Participate in safety and environmental pre-job meetings and abide by all safety rules and wear personal protective equipment.
Coordinate monitoring activities with the LANL Cultural Resources team, Project Manager, and EPCU STR.
Communicate directly with the LANL Cultural Resources team, Project Manager, and EPCU STR regarding monitoring activities and any identified issues or concerns.
Abide by the project's three (3) week look-ahead schedule to ensure representation from each of the five designated pueblos.
Participate in the Plan of the Day status meeting and daily pre-job and post-job brief meetings.
Participate in Design Review meetings and Construction Review meetings as applicable.
Immediately report any discoveries to the LANL Cultural Resources team, Project Manager, or EPCU STR.
Provide daily monitoring reports detailing activities, areas monitored, issues encountered, and resolutions.
Participate in the design review process and provide input on anticipated pole locations, tensioning sites, laydown areas, and identification of historic properties to be avoided.
Observe ground-disturbing activities during project pre-construction and construction, including vegetation clearing, grading, trenching, and other soil-disturbing work.
Participate in ground disturbing preconstruction and construction activities to identify any previously unidentified historic properties, traditional cultural properties (TCPs), or items subject to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
Maintain applicable Minimum Approach Distances (MADs) during all preconstruction and construction activities such as trenching and excavation.
Observe ground disturbance to look for indications of cultural items near/around construction equipment when machinery is actively involved in ground disturbance activities.
Prioritize monitoring locations with the LANL cultural resource team and project team if multiple construction activities are occurring simultaneously.
Adhere to the project's non-collection policy; if an artifact needs to be picked up for examination, it must be replaced in the same location where it was found. Artifacts are not allowed to be removed from the project area.