Field Technician Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Anthropology, Archaeology, or a closely related field

Nice To Haves

• Sorts through soil to recover physical remains, artifacts, and ecofacts (bones, shells, carbonized materials, etc.) to acquire elementary data from siftings.
• Identifies and recognizes artifacts and ecofacts with instruction from more experienced staff.
• Sorts artifacts into categories in preparation for the lab, performing preliminary triage of cultural and non-cultural materials.
• Understands how to control the way sediments are removed to preserve the time data between layers of sediment.
• Uses field checklists to collect data and note taking (paper or electronic).
• Applies quantitative analysis to recognize changes between sediment layers when collecting data.
• Participation in a university-sponsored archaeological field school, volunteer or paid museum/repository work, assisting professional archaeologists/ archaeological business firms to carry out contract work.

Responsibilities

• Works in both the field or laboratory/office settings depending on project needs.
• May be referred to as a Field Technician or Lab Technician to comport with any client-specific labor classification system.
• May conduct physically demanding tasks including pedestrian archaeological reconnaissance surveys, subsurface testing using hand tools (augers, shovels, sifting screens.)
• May be assigned to a temporary project-specific field laboratory or a regular office laboratory to carry out such tasks as cleaning, stabilizing, and cataloging archaeological specimens, data entry and manipulation, compilation and maintenance of field and/or laboratory records.
• Assists the HNTB cultural resources team to carry out project tasks.
• Works on data collection utilizing established protocols and procedures and may be performed in adverse environmental conditions (i.e., rugged terrain, inclement weather, remote locations).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• HNTB Total Rewards