CULTURAL/NATURAL RESOURCE SPEC 1 - OPTION A NDOT - Underfill - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The State of Nevada is hiring a Cultural/Natural Resource Specialist 1 for the Department of Transportation in Minden, NV. This role involves assessing and managing cultural/natural resources, including project management for various projects. Candidates must have a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience. The position is a trainee role leading to more advanced responsibilities and requires compliance with federal and state qualifications.
Announcement Number: 51413 Open to all qualified persons. Posted 05/09/2025 Close Date: 05/16/2025 Recruiter:
DANIEL LABARBERA
Email: d.labarbera@admin.nv.gov Applications accepted for another 6 Days 13 Hrs 28 Mins
The Position

This class series encompasses positions that perform a broad range of professional and technical work involving but not limited to: cultural/natural resource assessment, programming, funding, evaluation, survey, inventory, preservation, research, education, planning, mitigation and recovery.

Incumbents perform in a trainee capacity and acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required in this occupation. OR Incumbents perform basic tasks or elements of the job not requiring the additional knowledge, skills and abilities to perform at the next level in the series.

The incumbent will be Cultural/Natural Resources Specialist 1, in the Cultural Resources Section (CRS), Environmental Program at the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), reporting to a front-line supervisor who reports to the Chief Cultural Resources Program Manager. This recruitment will be used to underfill the Cultural/Natural Resource Specialist 2. The incumbent will be an Archaeologist and will be expected to complete the described professional and technical work. The position will also do Cultural Resources Project Management. This position will manage standard right-of-way and material pit projects, capacity projects, major capacity projects, potentially political projects, and others. Steps in managing projects will include area of potential effect, identification, evaluation, finding of effect and others in a fluid project design environment while consulting at the State, Federal, Tribal and Interested Party levels. THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

To see full Class Specifications visit: http://hr.nv.gov/Resources/ClassSpecs/Class_Specifications-7_0/

To Qualify:

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
Education and Experience (Minimum Qualifications) Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in history, architectural history, historical preservation, art history, archaeology, anthropology or closely related field; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience above the Bachelor's degree level. Special Notes Applicants' professional qualifications must meet federal and State requirement to manage cultural/natural resource programs and/or to receive the Principal Investigator designation. Special Requirements Options within this series will be designated at the time positions are classified. Positions in this series may require specialized education and experience which will be identified at the time of recruitment. Positions at the Cultural Natural Resource Specialist II and III levels in the Department of Transportation are required to hold Principle Investigator status at the time of appointment. The Examination Application Evaluation Exam The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process. INFORMATIONAL LINKS For more information about state employment, visit the following:
Division of Human Resource Management: http://hr.nv.gov
Public Employees Retirement System: http://www.nvpers.org
Public Employees Benefits Program: https://pebp.nv.gov/
More Benefits Information: http://nvjobs.nv.gov/Applicants/EB
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Northern Nevada
515 East Musser Street,
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Carson City, Nevada 89701-4204