Junior Archaeologist
Top Benefits
About the role
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve. Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment. Your Opportunity We’re seeking a Junior Archaeologist with experience in archaeology or anthropology to join our Environmental Services Team in Atlantic Canada. This is your opportunity to build your career with a team that offers mentorship from experienced, multi-disciplined professionals, time banking and flexibility, and travel across Atlantic Canada. Depending on the candidate's qualifications, this will be a full-time permanent position or a contract position with the potential to transition to a full-time permanent position based on performance and availability of work. The hiring process is ongoing, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Your Key Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of Stantec’s permitted Intermediate and Senior archaeologists, Junior Archaeologists assist with carrying out archaeological field work and reporting under current provincial and professional requirements. This can include assisting with: Archaeological Walkovers: field walking at specified intervals to identify archaeological resources or evaluate archaeological resource potential Test pit surveys: hand excavation of test pits along specified intervals to identify archaeological resources Hand excavation of archaeological test units Staking out archaeological grids Recording and interpretation of soil stratigraphy and archaeological features In-field artifact identification and office-based artifact cataloguing Preparation of Archaeological Field Research Permit Applications and Archaeological Impact Assessment reports Conducting supporting background research and preparing Archaeological Field Research Permit applications, Archaeological Impact Assessment reports, and contributing to environmental assessments Travel, as required, to various local and/or remote field sites, with overnight travel sometimes required, and occasional 1-2 week shifts away from home Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Program
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
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Junior Archaeologist
Top Benefits
About the role
Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve. Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment. Your Opportunity We’re seeking a Junior Archaeologist with experience in archaeology or anthropology to join our Environmental Services Team in Atlantic Canada. This is your opportunity to build your career with a team that offers mentorship from experienced, multi-disciplined professionals, time banking and flexibility, and travel across Atlantic Canada. Depending on the candidate's qualifications, this will be a full-time permanent position or a contract position with the potential to transition to a full-time permanent position based on performance and availability of work. The hiring process is ongoing, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Your Key Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of Stantec’s permitted Intermediate and Senior archaeologists, Junior Archaeologists assist with carrying out archaeological field work and reporting under current provincial and professional requirements. This can include assisting with: Archaeological Walkovers: field walking at specified intervals to identify archaeological resources or evaluate archaeological resource potential Test pit surveys: hand excavation of test pits along specified intervals to identify archaeological resources Hand excavation of archaeological test units Staking out archaeological grids Recording and interpretation of soil stratigraphy and archaeological features In-field artifact identification and office-based artifact cataloguing Preparation of Archaeological Field Research Permit Applications and Archaeological Impact Assessment reports Conducting supporting background research and preparing Archaeological Field Research Permit applications, Archaeological Impact Assessment reports, and contributing to environmental assessments Travel, as required, to various local and/or remote field sites, with overnight travel sometimes required, and occasional 1-2 week shifts away from home Promote a strong health and safety culture and actively participate in Stantec’s Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) Program
Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.
Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.