Two major Department of Energy contractors, Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering and Virginia-based BWX Technologies, recently announced new executive appointments in their nuclear business units.
Colin Jones, most recently with AECOM, is the new vice president and deputy general manager of Jacobs’ North American Nuclear business unit, the company said June 29. He has more than 20 years of experience in government and public affairs, along with business development, and will work closely with Jacobs’ government clients. Jones started the new job in June.
Jones had been vice president of strategy, nuclear, and environment, at AECOM for one year, and the prior two years had been vice president for key accounts at CH2M, which is now a Jacobs subsidiary. From March 2010 until March 2015, he worked at the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management, serving as a chief of staff and a senior adviser.
“We look forward to Colin’s return to the company as he brings valuable insight and expertise to our nuclear business, allowing us to deliver maximum value to our clients,” Karen Wiemelt, Jacobs Aerospace, Technology, Environmental and Nuclear senior vice president and general manager for North American Nuclear, said in a press release.
Jacobs work with both commercial and government nuclear clients includes decontamination and decommissioning, as well as site closure, and other services. The company was also in the running to manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the National Nuclear Security Administration, but lost out to Triad National Security, which won the Los Alamos contract June 8. Triad includes Battelle Memorial Institute, University of California, and Texas A&M University.
Meanwhile, BWXT announced June 28 that John Stewart was been appointed president of the company’s Tennessee-based Nuclear Fuel Services subsidiary effective July 1. Nuclear Fuel Services provides nuclear fuel for the U.S. Navy.
Since 2012, Stewart has been president and general manager of BWSR, a BWXT joint venture that provides decommissioning and demolition and other services for Naval Nuclear Laboratory sites. Before that he was chief of nuclear safety at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
A 25-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, Stewart worked as a staff engineer at the Naval Reactors headquarters in Washington, D.C., according to a BWXT press release. “John’s impressive history with BWXT and the U.S. Navy make him uniquely suited for this leadership role at NFS,” BWXT Nuclear Operations Group President Joel Duling said the release. Stewart replaces Duling as head of NFS.
