Description
Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.
- • Review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals.
- • Review or evaluate designs for contaminant treatment or disposal facilities.
- • Provide training on hazardous material or waste cleanup procedures and technologies.
- • Provide expert witness testimony on issues such as soil, air, or water contamination and associated cleanup measures.
- • Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress.
- • Negotiate contracts for services or materials needed for environmental remediation.
- • Prepare and submit permit applications for demolition, cleanup, remediation, or construction projects.
- • Maintain records of decisions, actions, and progress related to environmental redevelopment projects.
- • Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress.
- • Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements.
- • Identify environmental contamination sources.
- • Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects.
- • Develop or implement plans for revegetation of brownfield sites.
- • Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation.
- • Design or implement plans for structural demolition and debris removal.
- • Design or implement measures to improve the water, air, and soil quality of military test sites, abandoned mine land, or other contaminated sites.
- • Design or conduct environmental restoration studies.
- • Coordinate the disposal of hazardous waste.
- • Coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements.
- • Conduct quantitative risk assessments for human health, environmental, or other risks.
- • Conduct feasibility or cost-benefit studies for environmental remediation 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 and apply for project funding.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
