Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS) replaced three recently retired executives effective immediately, the management and operations contractor for the National Nuclear Security Administration’s main weapons-production sites announced Monday.
The Bechtel-led company appointed Doug Freund vice president for operations support; Ed Rogers vice president for business management and transformation; and Jason Trichel manager of internal audit, ethics, and employee concerns.
Freund, previously at Lockheed Martin Space Systems supporting the U.K.-based Atomic Weapons Establishment, replaces Darrell Graddy.
Rogers has been with Bechtel for two decades, most recently supporting the U.K. Defense Equipment and Support agency. He replaces Doris Heim.
Trichel, replacing Jim Nobles, previously led internal audit and enterprise risk management for energy, investing, and real-estate conglomerate Hunt Consolidated of Dallas.
Earlier this decade, citing the cost-saving potential of the deal, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) combined the previously separate management and operations contracts for the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, and the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
CNS won the unified contract in 2014, and the government has since spent about $10 billion on the pact, which including options runs through March 31, 2024. The contractor will be on the job at least through June 30, 2021, under a two-year option the NNSA picked up in late March.
