SEARCH

• Maintain the highest professional image for our clients, co-workers, media, and general public. • Participate in decision-making regarding research priorities of company and provide information on feasibility of prospective projects. • Develop business/client relationships for SEARCH. • Develop SEARCH procedures and protocol related to field methods, lab analyses, and report preparation. • Prepare proposals for review by Sector Leaders and Management. • Develop research designs, outline research procedures to be followed, and identify and/or provide training to junior staff to carry out research. • Plan and manage fieldwork, data analysis, and reporting efforts in accordance with project Scope of Work, budget, and schedule. • Develop thoroughly researched, comprehensive, and defensible resource evaluations according to the National Register of Historic Places eligibility criteria in accordance with 36 CFR §60.4 and associated National Park Service guidance. • Support Project Managers in the delivery of projects on time and under budget. • In conjunction with the SEARCH Health & Safety Officer, develop a Health & Safety plan for each assigned project and ensure that it is followed. • Communicate project resource needs to Project Managers, Sector Leaders, Directors, and Management, as warranted. • Conduct primary research using laboratory equipment, computer resources, and institutional libraries. • Provide expertise in field of research to SEARCH colleagues. • Prepare reports and papers of completed projects for publication in technical journals, presentation to regulatory agencies or at conferences, or use in further research activities, with approval by the Client and SEARCH Management. • Other duties, as assigned.

• Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and target locations of enhanced site probability based on cultural, geological, and other environmental features. • Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvements to Health & Safety Manager. • Based upon education, field observations, and scientific judgment, revise field methodology to meet goals of the overall project, in consultation with project leadership. • Perform pre-field background research, prepare maps, input data into electronic devices, and prepare project summary for field staff. • Conduct archaeological survey, testing, and excavation in support of Phase I, II, and III studies in accordance with the research design to identify, record, and evaluate historic and prehistoric cultural resources. • Conduct archaeological monitoring during project construction as required, including coordination with contractors. • Provide in-field supervision to field teams including Archaeological Assistants, Archaeological Technicians, Archaeologists, and other Lead Archaeologists while working alongside them to fulfill the daily, weekly, or project-length research requirements. • Provide daily updates on project progress to the Principal Investigator/Project Manager. • Recognize archaeological signatures and apply reasoning to evaluate resources. • Record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. • Collect and inventory artifacts, ecofacts, and samples in accordance with the research design, and keep an accurate field specimen log. • Identify potential human and faunal remains, and treat any suspected human burial remains respectfully and in a manner consistent with the research design and applicable State and Federal guidelines and laws. • Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) on a daily basis to ensure information is accurate and complete. • Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, transit, etc.) to determine project limits, record fieldwork, document findings, and communicate progress. • Photo-document artifacts, features, excavation units, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeology sites, unique environmental features, specialized equipment or technique usage, and work-in-progress. • Procure and maintain field equipment, technology, field laboratory supplies, vehicles, and supplies in a clean, working, and safe manner and report any malfunctions, shortages, and risks to project leadership. • Occasionally meet with, coordinate, and collaborate with landowners, land agents, clients, other field research teams, and visiting regulatory agency staff. • Occasionally contribute to thorough, accurate, professional, high-quality technical reports and minor project reviews. • Complete timesheets and other administrative or project requirements accurately and on schedule. • Understand and adhere to the SEARCH Brand Guidelines, SEARCH Style Guide, SEARCH Fieldwork Guide, and the SEARCH Employee Manual, and encourage others to do the same. • Understand and strictly adhere to SEARCH’s confidentiality, non-disclosure, and social media agreements, as well as any project- or client-specific requirements limiting the release of project data. • Analyze artifacts and write up artifact descriptions. • Maintain utilization goals. • Travel for extended periods of time. • Other duties as assigned.

• Provide expertise regarding field strategies, research, and regulatory requirements at the state, regional, and federal levels. • Prepare research designs and build research teams. • Oversee research, fieldwork, data analysis, report preparation, and other tasks to ensure that the research goals, budgets, schedules, and contract requirements of each project are met. • Recommend and deploy state-of-the-art technology and methodology. • Serve as the primary author and researcher on technical reports. • Ensure research quality, research integrity, and original authorship of all project deliverables. • Prepare research articles, papers, and presentations for academic and industry venues. • Conduct field visits and occasional archaeological fieldwork. • Develop project proposals, cost estimates, and schedules. • Train and mentor archaeologists and report authors. • Maintain the highest professional standards. • Maintain strong project team relationships. • Develop and manage agency and client relationships. • Communicate project developments to the project team, company leadership, and clients. • Other duties, as assigned.

• Conduct archaeological survey, monitoring, and excavation in support of fieldwork for Phase I, II, and III studies. • Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate in office and field training. • Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, and transit) to orient yourself and perform fieldwork. • Photo-document artifacts, ecofacts, features, excavation units, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeological sites, unique environmental features, and work in progress and record an accurate photo log. • Record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. • Collect artifacts, ecofacts, and samples in accordance with the research design and keep an accurate field specimen log. • Complete project tasks and errands as directed by the Archaeologist, Senior Archaeologist, and/or other project leadership. • Maintain and organize field equipment, supplies, vehicles, and work site. • Procure field equipment and supplies. • Travel for extended periods of time. • Other duties as assigned.

Title: Archaeologist         Location: Southwestern Arizona    Job Code: Arch_AZ_2026             Job Link: SEARCH Job Postings - Direct Applications           Position Information SEARCH has immediate openings for Archaeologists to join our team on an Arizona/California border monitoring project. This is a Full-Time project hire position expected to run 2 years until the contract ends or is extended. Selected candidates are paid hourly and will work 10-hour days on a 4-on/3-off day schedule for the duration of the project. Work includes monitoring construction sites along the southwestern border, identifying sensitive cultural resources, marking areas of avoidances, conducting surveys, and submitting daily reports to the project lead. Selected candidates must be based in southern Arizona, eligible to work on federal government projects, and meet the project experience qualifications.   SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 11 paid holidays per year, and accrued PTO. Pay range for this position is commensurate with education and experience.     Key Responsibilities: - Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and target locations of sensitive cultural resources, mark areas for avoidance and buffer zones, and identify site probability based on cultural, geological, and other environmental features. - Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health & Safety Manager. - Prepare daily and weekly cultural resource monitoring summaries, photo-documentation, and maps; input data into electronic devices. - Conduct archaeological monitoring, and potentially survey, in accordance with the research design. - Recognize archaeological signatures and apply reasoning to evaluate resources. - Evaluate and record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. - Field identification of artifacts and cultural features. - Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) on a daily basis to ensure information is accurate and complete. - Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, transit, etc.) to determine project limits, record fieldwork, document findings, and communicate progress. - Photo-document artifacts, features, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeology sites, unique environmental features, specialized equipment or technique usage, and work-in-progress. - Procure and maintain field equipment and supplies, technology, and vehicles, in a clean, working, and safe manner. - Work closely with other project staff such as environmental monitors and construction crews. - Organized and clear written and oral communication. - Other duties, as assigned.

Title: Archaeologist         Location: Southwestern Arizona    Job Code: Arch_AZ_2026             Job Link: SEARCH Job Postings - Direct Applications           Position Information SEARCH has immediate openings for Archaeologists to join our team on an Arizona/California border monitoring project. This is a Full-Time project hire position expected to run 2 years until the contract ends or is extended. Selected candidates are paid hourly and will work 10-hour days on a 4-on/3-off day schedule for the duration of the project. Work includes monitoring construction sites along the southwestern border, identifying sensitive cultural resources, marking areas of avoidances, conducting surveys, and submitting daily reports to the project lead. Selected candidates must be based in southern Arizona, eligible to work on federal government projects, and meet the project experience qualifications.   SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 11 paid holidays per year, and accrued PTO. Pay range for this position is commensurate with education and experience.     Key Responsibilities: - Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and target locations of sensitive cultural resources, mark areas for avoidance and buffer zones, and identify site probability based on cultural, geological, and other environmental features. - Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health & Safety Manager. - Prepare daily and weekly cultural resource monitoring summaries, photo-documentation, and maps; input data into electronic devices. - Conduct archaeological monitoring, and potentially survey, in accordance with the research design. - Recognize archaeological signatures and apply reasoning to evaluate resources. - Evaluate and record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. - Field identification of artifacts and cultural features. - Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) on a daily basis to ensure information is accurate and complete. - Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, transit, etc.) to determine project limits, record fieldwork, document findings, and communicate progress. - Photo-document artifacts, features, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeology sites, unique environmental features, specialized equipment or technique usage, and work-in-progress. - Procure and maintain field equipment and supplies, technology, and vehicles, in a clean, working, and safe manner. - Work closely with other project staff such as environmental monitors and construction crews. - Organized and clear written and oral communication. - Other duties, as assigned.

Title: Archaeologist         Location: Southern California      Job Code: Arch_CA_2026             Job Link: SEARCH Job Postings - Direct Applications           Position Information SEARCH has immediate openings for Archaeologists to join our team on a California border monitoring project. This is a Full-Time project hire position expected to run 2 years until the contract ends or is extended. Selected candidates are paid hourly and will work 10-hour days on a 4-on/3-off day schedule for the duration of the project. Work includes monitoring construction sites along the southwestern border, identifying sensitive cultural resources, marking areas of avoidances, conducting surveys, and submitting daily reports to the project lead. Selected candidates must be based in southern California, eligible to work on federal government projects, and meet the project experience qualifications.   SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 11 paid holidays per year, and Vacation/Sick leave. Pay range for this position is $30 - $33 per hour, commensurate with education and experience.     Key Responsibilities: - Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and target locations of sensitive cultural resources, mark areas for avoidance and buffer zones, and identify site probability based on cultural, geological, and other environmental features. - Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health & Safety Manager. - Prepare daily and weekly cultural resource monitoring summaries, photo-documentation, and maps; input data into electronic devices. - Conduct archaeological monitoring, and potentially survey, in accordance with the research design. - Recognize archaeological signatures and apply reasoning to evaluate resources. - Evaluate and record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. - Field identification of artifacts and cultural features. - Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) on a daily basis to ensure information is accurate and complete. - Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, transit, etc.) to determine project limits, record fieldwork, document findings, and communicate progress. - Photo-document artifacts, features, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeology sites, unique environmental features, specialized equipment or technique usage, and work-in-progress. - Procure and maintain field equipment and supplies, technology, , and vehicles, in a clean, working, and safe manner. - Work closely with other project staff such as environmental monitors and construction crews. - Organized and clear written and oral communication. - Other duties, as assigned.

Title: Archaeologist         Location: Southern California      Job Code: Arch_CA_2026             Job Link: SEARCH Job Postings - Direct Applications           Position Information SEARCH has immediate openings for Archaeologists to join our team on a California border monitoring project. This is a Full-Time project hire position expected to run 2 years until the contract ends or is extended. Selected candidates are paid hourly and will work 10-hour days on a 4-on/3-off day schedule for the duration of the project. Work includes monitoring construction sites along the southwestern border, identifying sensitive cultural resources, marking areas of avoidances, conducting surveys, and submitting daily reports to the project lead. Selected candidates must be based in southern California, eligible to work on federal government projects, and meet the project experience qualifications.   SEARCH provides a flexible work environment, a professional and collaborative atmosphere, and a wide range of projects and opportunities for our staff. SEARCH offers a competitive total compensation package with strong health and wellness and retirement plans. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, group term life insurance, 401(k) plan with match, 11 paid holidays per year, and Vacation/Sick leave. Pay range for this position is $30 - $33 per hour, commensurate with education and experience.     Key Responsibilities: - Use experience, education from a degreed program, and professional judgment to identify and target locations of sensitive cultural resources, mark areas for avoidance and buffer zones, and identify site probability based on cultural, geological, and other environmental features. - Adhere to project health and safety plan and participate, and/or lead when necessary, in office and field training and meetings. Offer recommendations for improvement to Health & Safety Manager. - Prepare daily and weekly cultural resource monitoring summaries, photo-documentation, and maps; input data into electronic devices. - Conduct archaeological monitoring, and potentially survey, in accordance with the research design. - Recognize archaeological signatures and apply reasoning to evaluate resources. - Evaluate and record accurate, organized, and clear field notes, maps, drawings, logs, forms, tables, databases, artifact bags, box labels, and other project documentation. - Field identification of artifacts and cultural features. - Perform quality control of field data (hand-written and electronic) on a daily basis to ensure information is accurate and complete. - Use electronic and traditional navigational equipment (GPS, iPad/ArcCollector/Survey 123, compass, transit, etc.) to determine project limits, record fieldwork, document findings, and communicate progress. - Photo-document artifacts, features, land use, landscapes, unique environmental features, historic structures, archaeology sites, unique environmental features, specialized equipment or technique usage, and work-in-progress. - Procure and maintain field equipment and supplies, technology, , and vehicles, in a clean, working, and safe manner. - Work closely with other project staff such as environmental monitors and construction crews. - Organized and clear written and oral communication. - Other duties, as assigned.