Half coordinator, half administrator on a portfolio of brownfield projects, you keep paperwork, schedules, and grant requirements moving across multiple cleanup sites. Often the steady hand at a city, state agency, or consulting practice.
A typical week often involves tracking grant deliverables, prepping agency submittals, and chasing deliverables from consultants — Phase I scopes, work plans, quarterly progress reports. You might find yourself maintaining a portfolio dashboard of fifteen active sites, each with its own milestones and funding deadlines. Reports filed on time tend to be the visible output.
The harder part is often the funding-source overhead — EPA brownfield grants, state revolving funds, and tax-credit programs each carry distinct reporting requirements. Variance across employers can be real: municipalities lean compliance and community engagement; consulting practices lean billing and proposal support. Mid-quarter reporting crunches are common.
People who tend to thrive here have a real tolerance for forms and a memory for deadlines — the work rewards organization more than improvisation. Quiet competence matters; you're often the person who catches a missing signature before it stalls a site. The trade-off is limited visibility: the work is felt when something doesn't fall through.
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View all Business Operations roles →Half coordinator, half administrator on a portfolio of brownfield projects, you keep paperwork, schedules, and grant requirements moving across multiple cleanup sites. Often the steady hand at a city, state agency, or consulting practice.
Median pay for a Brownfields Program 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, Reading Comprehension, Coordination, Critical Thinking, and Monitoring.
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 Program Director, Environmental Project Manager, and Redevelopment Specialist.
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