Coordinating the moving pieces that turn contaminated industrial sites into usable real estate, you stitch consultants, regulators, lenders, and tenants together across long timelines. The work tends to sit between project manager and field — schedules, paperwork, agency submittals.
A typical week often blends document chasing, meeting calendars, and milestone tracking — pulling Phase II reports from consultants, prepping cleanup plans for state review, keeping funders informed. You might find yourself on a site one morning and in a city planning hearing that afternoon. Throughput tends to be measured in submittals cleared and timelines held.
The harder part is often how much depends on people who don't report to you — agency case managers, contractors, attorneys. You're nudging without authority, which takes a particular touch. Employer variance can be sharp: at consulting firms you'll run several smaller sites in parallel; at developers or municipalities, you may shepherd one large redevelopment for years.
People who tend to thrive here carry a steady tolerance for paperwork and a knack for keeping many threads warm at once. Field comfort helps — boots and a clipboard show up more than the title suggests. The trade-off is slow visible payoff: years can pass between a kickoff meeting and a ribbon cutting.
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View all Business Operations roles →Coordinating the moving pieces that turn contaminated industrial sites into usable real estate, you stitch consultants, regulators, lenders, and tenants together across long timelines. The work tends to sit between project manager and field — schedules, paperwork, agency submittals.
Median pay for a Brownfield Redevelopment Coordinator is about $137K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $69K to $228K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Complex Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Coordination, and Speaking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 4.5% through 2034, with roughly 630,980 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Brownfield Program Director, Environmental Project Manager, and Environmental Program Manager.
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