AI exposure: Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers
Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.
Reading this score
computed38.3% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers at the 68th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.5 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 23 tasks it averages 2.11 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Identify and apply for project funding, at 73.3%. The least is Coordinate the disposal of hazardous waste, at 11.7%. A gap of 61.7% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within management occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 41.4% across the group's 56 roles, with 37 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 23 tasks, 13 are currently banded exposed, 2 assisted and 8 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
23 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identify and apply for project funding. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.24 | exposed |
| Prepare reports or presentations to communicate brownfield redevelopment needs, status, or progress. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.77 | exposed |
| Prepare and submit permit applications for demolition, cleanup, remediation, or construction projects. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.47 | exposed |
| Maintain records of decisions, actions, and progress related to environmental redevelopment projects. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.68 | exposed |
| Conduct feasibility or cost-benefit studies for environmental remediation projects. | 66.7% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 3.47 | exposed |
| Estimate costs for environmental cleanup and remediation of land redevelopment projects. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 4.18 | exposed |
| Review or evaluate environmental remediation project proposals. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.77 | exposed |
| Design or conduct environmental restoration studies. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.21 | exposed |
| Review or evaluate designs for contaminant treatment or disposal facilities. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.06 | exposed |
| Conduct quantitative risk assessments for human health, environmental, or other risks. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.93 | exposed |
| Identify environmental contamination sources. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 4.38 | exposed |
| Provide expert witness testimony on issues such as soil, air, or water contamination and associated cleanup measures. | 35.0% | 40.0% | 25.0% | 2.57 | assisted |
| Coordinate on-site activities for environmental cleanup or remediation projects to ensure compliance with environmental laws, standards, regulations, or other requirements. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.38 | exposed |
| Provide training on hazardous material or waste cleanup procedures and technologies. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.08 | exposed |
| Negotiate contracts for services or materials needed for environmental remediation. | 20.0% | 30.0% | 50.0% | 3.43 | assisted |
| Plan or implement brownfield redevelopment projects to ensure safety, quality, and compliance with applicable standards or requirements. | 17.5% | 20.0% | 62.5% | 4.21 | untouched |
| Design or implement plans for surface or ground water remediation. | 15.0% | 22.5% | 62.5% | 3.88 | untouched |
| Design or implement measures to improve the water, air, and soil quality of military test sites, abandoned mine land, or other contaminated sites. | 15.0% | 22.5% | 62.5% | 3.80 | untouched |
| 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. | 15.0% | 22.5% | 62.5% | 3.50 | untouched |
| Design or implement plans for structural demolition and debris removal. | 15.0% | 22.5% | 62.5% | 3.27 | untouched |
| Develop or implement plans for revegetation of brownfield sites. | 15.0% | 22.5% | 62.5% | 2.67 | untouched |
| Inspect sites to assess environmental damage or monitor cleanup progress. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 3.76 | untouched |
| Coordinate the disposal of hazardous waste. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.57 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.52 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 0.54 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.72 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.46 | 0-3 |
| Context | 2.11 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.87 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.