Field Liaison/Construction Monitor

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Duties, Responsibilities & Other

KCI is seeking part-time field liaison(s) responsible for coordinating as an intermediary between the archeology field crew, contractors and tribal monitors for a project located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. This includes job responsibilities as listed below. The field work is anticipated to last approximately 5 months beginning summer 2026 and ending before the end of 2026. During this effort, the consultant will rotate two field crews so that excavations can occur 7 days a week, 10 hours per day. One field liaison will be on the project site at all times during the archeological monitoring work.

Specifically, the field liaison is responsible for:

• Serving as the primary point of contact for tribal monitors, Faithkeepers, or other Tribe and Nation representatives while in the field;
• Facilitating scheduling and participation of tribal monitors and Faithkeepers;
• Ensuring the Tribes and Nations receive timely formal notifications about:

• excavation schedules and schedule changes,
• archaeological discoveries;

• Relaying formal and informal communications between PennDOT, the archeology consultant, contractors, and Tribe and Nation representatives;
• Helping organize, attend and support cultural sensitivity and awareness training for archaeologists and contractors;
• Participating in weekly coordination meetings and helping resolve communication disputes or field conflicts;
• Taking the lead on providing protocol reminders during the weekly protocol meetings;
• Identifying which protocol topics should be refreshed during the daily safety meetings;
• Supporting compliance with agreed cultural protocols and consultation commitments;
• Assisting with access, safety coordination, and monitoring requirements;
• Ensuring that tribal concerns are integrated into archaeological recovery and construction monitoring activities;
• Helping oversee respectful treatment of culturally sensitive materials and adherence to duty-of-care procedures;
• Ensuring field crew is adhering to field recovery protocols;
• Reporting protocol issues that may arise in the field to PennDOT and KCI project team members;
• Archeology consultant will prepare and send daily summary emails to field liaison(s). The appropriate field liaison will review the email and send it to Tribes and Nations daily.

If at any time tribal monitor(s) do not feel that the consultant archeology team is adhering to the proper protocols established in the Revised Mitigation Plan, which will be furnished upon hire, the field liaison will be notified and will work with tribal monitor(s) to identify the issue and then with the consultant archeology team to rectify the identified issue. As needed,