Senior Cultural Resources Archaeologist – (194035)
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At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.
In the role of Senior Cultural Resources Archaeologist, we’ll count on you to:
- Take responsibility for assessment, preparation of documents, reports and findings for archaeological surveys, and participate with mitigation plans and historic structures
- Develop and monitor tasks, schedules and cost estimates, and assess applicable requirements and processes for all cultural resource projects
- Conduct field work, participate in meetings and develop compliance strategy
- Take part in all processes with cultural resources projects, including field investigations and agency coordination
- Plan and develop projects or design activities that have significant impact on major company programs as needed
- Serve as a technical expert with recognized authority in an area of specialization that resolves problems of greater scope and complexity as needed
- Plan, organize and supervise work of medium to large staff of professionals and technicians as needed
- Serve as Project Manager on larger projects as needed, but project management is not sole focus of position
- Perform other duties as needed
Preferred Qualifications
- MA/MS or Ph.D. in Maritime Archaeology
- Meet BOEM Qualified Marine Archaeologist Standards
- Meets the Secretary of the Interior Professional Qualification Standards for Archeology
- Certified diver with demonstrated diver experience
- Experience as a Principal Investigator including coordinating cultural resources field investigations with federal and state compliance and maritime cultural resource management projects;
- Marine archaeology data acquisition, documentation, analysis, and interpretation skills (e.g. ROV deployment, underwater excavation techniques, high-resolution geophysical data acquisition and analysis, etc)
- Material culture analyses skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Knowledge of and demonstrated experience with State (Specifically Florida cultural resources permitting at the state and local levels) and Federal CRM legal framework
- Willingness, and ability, to develop proposals and oversee terrestrial cultural resources projects
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology, Anthropology, Architectural History or closely related field
- A minimum of 10 years Archaeological experience, a minimum of 5 years experience in planning, managing and executing archeological investigations
- Experience with Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
- Proven ability to manage multiple field crews
- Excellent communication and client interaction skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Requires ability to travel
- Successful candidates must be familiar with field study design and documentation, regulatory framework for cultural resource management, and GIS utilities
- Must be able to handle cultural resources in a variety of geographic settings throughout the US
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.
Primary Location
: United States-Florida-Pensacola
Other Locations
: United States-Florida-West Palm Beach, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-Florida-Tampa
Industry
: Power
Schedule
: Full-time
Employee Status
: Regular
BusinessClass: Cultural Resources
Job Posting
: Jul 1, 2026
Underwater Archaeology and Maritime History jobs 