Brownfields Program Coordinator

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.