Archeologist

At the full performance level (GS-12) the major duties of this position include, but are not limited to the following:

Performs various assignments involving the cultural resources management program (archeological, historical, and significant architectural structures, sites, and features) throughout the California - Great Basin Region.

• Interprets and provides advice on the National Historic Preservation Act and regulations of 36 CFR Part 800, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, Archaeological Resources Protection Act, and other cultural resources legislation to Area Office staff and management.
• Performs occasional cultural resources surveys, inventories, and National Register of Historic Places eligibility evaluations.
• Recommends preservation, mitigation, avoidance, protection, and/or restoration measures on existing and future project lands.
• Prepares technical specifications and contract clauses for historical and archeological investigations and for evaluations and mitigation programs prepared by outside entities. Reviews and interprets reports received to ensure that they meet Reclamation standards.
• Develops procedures and actions to implement historical and archeological field investigations, personally or by contractors.
• Monitors construction for activities in historically and archeologically sensitive areas.
• Collaborates in the preparation of determination of eligibility documents, inventories for historic properties, preliminary case reports, and subsequent negotiations for mitigation of impacts.
• Maintains liaison with appropriate Federal and State representatives, universities, and private organizations to facilitate Reclamation's cultural resources program.

Physical Demands: The work is generally sedentary, although there are some periods of extensive walking, hiking on uneven terrain, bending, excavating, minor lifting, and minor climbing during field investigations.

Work Environment: Work environment is primarily in an office setting, although there is frequent travel to meetings and to field sites to conduct inspections, inventories, and related studies.