Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers

What the job really is

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

At a glance

• Sector: Management
• O*NET-SOC code: 11-9199
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 12
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• 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.
• Review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals.
• Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress.
• Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress.
• Maintain records of decisions, actions, and progress related to environmental redevelopment projects.

Tools and technology

Business software applications, ESRI ArcGIS software, Linux, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft PowerShell, Microsoft Project, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS, Microsoft SharePoint

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Environmental Restoration Planners
• Environmental Engineers
• Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
• Conservation Scientists
• Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
• Water/Wastewater Engineers
• Water Resource Specialists
• Industrial Ecologists

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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