Lead Project Manager - Archaeology

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Lead Project Manager - Archaeology for our growing cultural resources practice in Southern California. The Lead Project Manager is responsible for leadership of staff, execution of project and client goals, technological innovation, and execution of QA/QC tasks related to the technical aspects of SWCA’s cultural resources work to support Southern California transmission clients. This position reports to the Cultural Resources Director – Transmission and will work closely with other project managers and technical specialists. Remote candidates will be considered. This is a regular, full-time, salaried position.

Please provide a cover letter in addition to your resume.

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing, 1,400 staff, employee-owned firm, providing a full-spectrum of environmental services.  Our Vision (the 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.  Come join our team!

What you will accomplish

• Generate new technical approaches to develop additional work with existing or potential clients.
• Build collaborative relationships across offices/geographies to share resources and expertise.
• Influence teams within the Southern California subregion even without formal authority.
• Lead a team of scientific/technical/professional staff on a project or ongoing basis.
• Provide leadership to team members and create a culture that promotes high levels of performance and engagement.
• Design technical solutions/approaches and direct their implementation.
• Negotiate deliverables and continually communicate with clients and colleagues to manage expectations.
• Resolve risks and impediments through persistence, creative thinking, and a focus on client satisfaction.
• Understand SWCA’s business model and basic financials and keep them ‘top of mind’ while making decisions about a client/project situation.
• Manage to project or task schedule and budget to achieve project objectives and accountabilities.

Experience and qualifications for success

REQUIRED

• Demonstrates knowledge of project management tools, systems, and principles.
• Bachelor's degree in anthropology, archaeology, history, or other related cultural resources discipline.
• Minimum of four years of experience in environmental consulting required, including two years as a cultural resources project manager.
• Experience providing quality control review of archaeological/project documents and reports is required.
• Ability to guide high quality technical work.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with various assigned staff.
• Demonstrated experience as a mentor to those at the Staff and Project levels.
• Consistent track record of making decisions in highly complex and ambiguous environments.
• Possesses a network of relationships within SWCA and with clients.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex projects on time and on budget.
• Can independently lead projects from start to finish.

PREFERRED OR HELPFUL

• Master's degree in anthropology, archaeology, history, or other related cultural resources discipline.
• Project management experience includes working on a variety of project types and sizes, on all project aspects (from pre-field tasks through final report preparation), in multiple regions, and with a variety of regulatory agencies.
• Eligibility for cultural resources permits in this region (California).

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee-owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. 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.

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EOE - women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

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