Job Description
A Cultural Resources Technician (Seasonal Worker, Full-time, 40 hours/week) position is available with Colorado State University’s (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML). This entry-level position will support the Cultural Resources Management (CRM) Program at Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), NM, with a combination of fieldwork and office tasks. The technician will visit archaeological sites to gather data, conduct inventories and assessments, perform site inspections or monitoring, and identify cultural resources. Additional duties include general CRM support such as helping draft National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance documents, corresponding with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and conducting data analysis or mapping using ArcGIS. Finally, the technician will be assigned to the base’s digitization project to scan and upload cultural resources reports.
Requirements
- Must have an interest in pursuing a career in federal lands management.
- Pursuing a B.S. in archaeology-, history-, anthropology-, historic preservation-, or cultural resources-related field (at least a senior standing).
- Experience using Microsoft Office Suite.
- Must have a valid driver’s license for operating federal vehicles.
- Must be able to pass a federal background investigation to obtain a Department of Defense Installation Access Pass.
The successful candidate must demonstrate U.S. citizenship; CEMML will not provide visa sponsorship for this position.
Job Duties
may include, but are not limited to:
· Scanning and uploading cultural resources reports
· Historical and/or archival research
· National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) compliance
· New Mexico SHPO correspondence and/or documentation
· Archaeological inventory and/or assessment
· Field-data collection, entry, and/or management
· Cultural resource identification
· Site inspections and/or monitoring
· Data analysis and/or mapping using ArcGIS