Senior or Principal Geoarchaeology Consultant

Stantec UK is looking for a highly experienced geoarchaeologist to join the team at Senior or Principal grade in any of our UK offices, but with a preference for Reading. The post holder will provide technical advice, implement field investigations with internal and subcontracted colleagues, deliver and technically assure complex reports, and focus on our major water, highways, and infrastructure clients.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a global sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consultancy. You will work within professional, collaborative and multi-disciplinary teams to deliver world-class solutions for our clients and the communities around us. You will undertake and be part of the provision of high-quality archaeological science and geoarchaeological consultancy advice and delivery for small through to nationally significant schemes and will work closely with the wider Stantec Archaeology and Heritage team to identify risks and opportunities for our portfolio of projects.

As a Senior or Principal Geoarchaeology Consultant, you will provide advice, risk analysis and research for a range of schemes, including permitted development and those requiring planning consent, EIA and/or DCO. You will provide advice to clients as well as internal colleagues. You will prepare and contribute towards a range of technical documents, including Screenings, Technical Advice Notes, Historic Environment Desk Based Assessments, Geoarchaeological Desk-based Assessments, Evaluation Reports, and Environmental Impact Assessments.

This will involve a review of BGS and GI borehole data, geophysical survey and other digital data sets and grey literature; preparation of figures; site walkovers and archive visits; review of aerial photographs and LiDAR; geoarchaeology watching briefs on GI works, evaluation planning and implementation and report writing. You will liaise closely with local authorities, Historic England and other stakeholders to discuss and agree on geoarchaeological evaluation and mitigation strategies, undertake the subsequent management of archaeological fieldwork carried out by internal colleagues and/or subcontractors and co-ordinate paleoenvironmental assessment and analysis inputs.

About You

You will be a highly motivated individual with a passion for and sound multi-period knowledge of UK archaeological science and all relevant legislation, planning policy and guidance. You will also have:

1. Professional consultancy experience with excellent report writing skills and preferably GIS experience
2. Experience of geoarchaeological fieldwork
3. Membership of CIfA at Associate level (or above)
4. Full clean UK driver's licence