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Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers

  • Bright Outlook
  • Rapid Growth
  • Numerous Job Openings

Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.

What you’d do

  • Identify environmental contamination sources.
  • Coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements.
  • Identify and apply for project funding.
  • Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements.
  • Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects.
  • Conduct quantitative risk assessments for human health, environmental, or other risks.
  • Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation.
  • Design or implement measures to improve the water, air, and soil quality of military test sites, abandoned mine land, or other contaminated sites.

Skills that matter

  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Coordination
  • Critical Thinking
  • Judgment and Decision Making
  • Monitoring
  • Reading Comprehension

How to get there

Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree

Also called

  • Brownfield Program Director
  • Brownfield Redevelopment Coordinator
  • Brownfields Practice Leader
  • Environmental Program Manager
  • Brownfield Program Manager
  • Brownfields Program Coordinator

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