Senior Cultural Resources Team Lead

• Arizona, United States (Phoenix, Flagstaff, or Tucson, AZ, or remote in the U.S. Southwest)
• Hybrid 
• Salary: $87,838.00 - $114,618.40
• For more information and to apply: https://careers.swca.com/jobs/14130?lang=en-us

Job Description

SWCA Environmental Consultants has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cultural Resources Team Lead for our Arizona (Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff) Team. The Senior Cultural Resources Team Lead is responsible for providing highly effective, dynamic management and leadership within the Arizona Cultural Resources Program by managing staff, projects, and clients. The successful candidate will possess a proven track record of developing new business, managing large-scale projects, meeting financial goals, and mentoring others to do the same.

The Senior Cultural Resources Team Lead reports to the Arizona Cultural Resources Director and will work closely with other Arizona Team Leads, the Senior Office Director, the Southwest Vice President, and other regional leadership as appropriate.

The Arizona offices offer a collaborative and supportive work environment, and specialize in natural, cultural, and paleontological resource management, environmental planning, permitting, and regulatory compliance. We have an excellent reputation in Arizona for delivering high-quality resource work, with a strong commitment to sound science. Our team is dedicated to supporting our clients in making informed decisions while fostering meaningful relationships. We offer career growth opportunities, a flexible work environment, and competitive benefits!

This is a full-time, salaried position based in either Phoenix, Flagstaff, or Tucson, AZ. We will also consider candidates willing to relocate to the area, as well as remote candidates based in the southwest.

What you will accomplish

The Senior Cultural Resources Team Lead will develop business opportunities within Arizona and work with professional staff throughout the southwest region to further our team and regional goals by contributing to the following:

Organizational leadership

• Provide highly effective, dynamic management and leadership to SWCA’s cultural resources program and staff. Help align employees to their annual career development goals and build teams to support program and individual employee development.
• Supervise and mentor cultural resources project managers, technical staff, and field personnel, while promoting a culture of teamwork, engagement, quality service, and customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with the Directors to hire Cultural Resources staff. Take the leading role in identifying staffing needs, screening job candidates, conducting interviews, and making hiring recommendations to the Director.
• Proactively monitor the productivity and development of your Cultural Resources Team, set clear expectations, and foster an environment of teamwork.
• Provide general support to the team relating to subject matter resources, training opportunities, regulatory and research updates.
• Drive compliance of safety policies and reporting requirements to ensure overall team safety.

Technical leadership

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality technical work throughout the cultural resources program, including project and data management, data analysis, and reporting.
• Provide quality assurance/quality control reviews of deliverables prepared by other team members.
• Maintain SWCA’s high standard of quality control and take initiative to resolve problems and create improved procedures.
• Participate in SWCA’s Innovation initiative by considering new technology or other methods to improve efficiency and improve our company’s competitive advantage.
• Ability to adapt rapidly to changes in project needs, agency requests, etc. and be able to work independently and collaborate with a variety of colleagues, clients, and agency representatives.

Client leadership

• Develop strong relationships with existing clients while executing strategic analysis, marketing, and sales for new clients.
• Manage the performance of individual projects, and effectively coordinate with clients and agencies, to produce technically excellent work that is on time and on budget.
• Engage with the office business development team to evaluate changing market conditions and strategic sales opportunities at a regional and sub-regional level (new clients and geographies).
• Lead proposal efforts and internal business development groups, drive accountability for participation in business development and help mentor seller-doer mentality in all employees.
• Take lead role in the go/no go decisions in concert with the office Directors and drive accountability for efficient proposal and marketing pursuits.
• Develop strong and productive relationships within industry organizations and with agency staff to expand the regional client base in line with the region’s strategic goals.

Experience and qualifications for success

Minimum qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, History or closely related field.
• Ten (10) years of progressively more responsible experience in cultural resources fieldwork, consulting, and project management, including developing and implementing budgets, schedules, and scopes of work from pre-field tasks to final report preparation.
• Five (5) years of related experience on project(s) in Arizona.
• Previous experience with federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations in Arizona, including Section 106 of the NHPA, ARPA, and NEPA, as well as the SHPA and AAA.
• Demonstrated experience in supervising, mentoring, and providing leadership for other professionals.
• Demonstrated business development success and consulting acumen, including established credibility with federal and state reviewing agencies and clients, as well as success in proposal writing.
• Applicants must have valid driver’s license and be able to meet SWCA’s driver requirements.

Preferred qualifications:

• Meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in archaeology, anthropology, or historic preservation or related field.
• Experience in the archaeology of the Southwest region.
• Excellent technical writing skills with a record of completing technical reports and projects in a timely fashion. 
• Permitted as a Principal investigator on AAA permits