Associate Paleontologist Multiple Locations
Associate Paleontologist Multiple Locations
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05-04-2025
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Company Profile
Chronicle Heritage is a solutiondriven heritage consulting firm that prides itself on employing the best cultural resource management professionals in the industry. We place an emphasis on supporting our clients needs fostering new technologies that advance our industry and leveraging those advancements toward the management of nonrenewable cultural resources. Chronicle Heritage prioritizes professional development within the framework of innovation and forward thinking to encourage career advancement and research development.
Job Description
Chronicle Heritage seeks a Paleontological Field Director to join our quickly growing team of experienced motivated professionals in Utah Texas Wyoming Oregon New Mexico Arizona Florida Michigan Wisconsin and Virginia. The Field Director will provide leadership for the paleontology field mitigation crew in support of ongoing transmission renewable energy transportation and federal and state inventory projects. Some travel is required with the potential for extended overnight hotel stays. Compensation for travel and lodging is provided on a projectbyproject basis. Pay rate is dependent upon experience.
Hire Type:Full Time (hourly)
Schedule:40 hours overtime when necessary based on project needs
Location:FieldBased Utah Texas Wyoming Oregon New Mexico Arizona Florida Michigan Wisconsin and Virginia
Responsibilities
- Oversee field laboratory and reporting activities for one or more projects at a time
- Lead field survey crews and oversee compliance monitors
- Implement federal regulations pertaining to paleontological resources
- Work both independently and in a team environment
- Travel including overnight hotel stays as necessary
- Work with the team leads and project managers to successfully complete projects
Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment
- Regular fieldwork or onsite inspections are required which necessitates ability to frequently travel/drive a vehicle (sight hearing and manual manipulation of driving mechanisms) cognitive ability to plan travel use maps or GPS navigation systems.
- May require ambulation and movement to enable walking or hiking 10 miles per day on rough and/or hazardous terrain and occasional climbing crouching kneeling balancing on rough terrain. Fieldwork may involve exposure to conditions of rain sun heat wind dust etc. with exposure to animals plants wet conditions biting insects poison oak etc. May require use of respiratory equipment.
- Some fieldwork may require carrying loads up to 25 pounds or work around heavy construction equipment.
- Vision is required to observe environmental phenomena and record and translate observations into text (either keyboard entry on a computer or dictation and audio translation of recording to Standard English scientific text).
- Mental requirements include ability to organize ones own work or that of crew members; ability to recognize and observe scientific data and analyze data as well as ability to perform calculations. Must also be able to observe social and professional interactions and respond appropriately.
- Some work is performed primarily in an indoor environment and requires sustained sitting and use of fingers hands and arms to operate a computer and perform keyboard entry of data or document preparation (or equivalent with accommodation). Must also be able to operation standard office equipment (phone copy machine FAX machine etc.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Masters degree specializing in geology paleontology geoscience paleobiology or a closely related field
- 3 years of experience conducting paleontological construction monitoring
- Experience on BLM Projects
- Demonstrated leadership abilities
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree specializing in geology paleontology geoscience paleobiology or a closely related field
- 3 years of experience conducting paleontological investigations in Utah Texas Wyoming Oregon New Mexico Arizona Florida Michigan Wisconsin and Virginia
- Knowledge of federal regulations pertaining to paleontological resources and statespecific knowledge
- 3 years of experience conducting paleontological resource surveys identifying fossils in the field fossil collection and laboratory preparation
- Ability to be listed as a Field Agent on federal paleontological use permits.
- Ability to travel with the potential for overnight stays sometimes in remote locations rough terrain and challenging weather conditions
Additional Information
Chronicle Heritage participates in EVerify to ensure all staff are authorized to work in the United States. Chronicle Heritage is also an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.
If you would like to contact Chronicle Heritage regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the online application process due to a disability please email or call 1.602.899.9635 This contact information is for disability accommodation requests only. All other inquiries will not receive a response.
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