What Do Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites. They also coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements.

Other tasks include:

• Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects.
• Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress.
• Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress.
• Identify environmental contamination sources.
• Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements.
• Review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals.

We asked Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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75% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 62% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements. They maintain records of decisions, actions, and progress related to environmental redevelopment projects.

• Develop or implement plans for the sustainable regeneration of brownfield sites to ensure regeneration of a wider area by providing environmental protection or economic and social benefits.
• 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.
• Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress.
• Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress.

We asked some Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	96% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	60% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	48% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	32% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	0% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	16% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists also prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress. They may also review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress. They might also Design or conduct environmental restoration studies.

In addition, they Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Conduct feasibility or cost-benefit studies for environmental remediation projects.

To some Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists, it is also their responsibility to Prepare and submit permit applications for demolition, cleanup, remediation, or construction projects.

Working life

More than 40 hours per week

Irregular work schedule that changes depending on weather conditions, customer demand or contract duration.

In a typical work week as a Brownfield Redevelopment Specialist and Site Manager, you can expect to work more than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business..

They also like working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. They like searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

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