Todd Wright has been promoted to general manager and executive vice president of AECOM’s Nuclear and Environment Strategic Business Unit effective immediately, the Los Angeles-based construction and engineering giant announced Wednesday.
Wright, previously director of the Energy Department’s Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and managing director of the Sellafield site in the United Kingdom,will oversee the AECOM group’s day-to-day operations, strategic initiatives, and business development activities, according to a company press release. Wright, who joined AECOM in 2014, was most recently vice president for operations for the Nuclear and Environment Strategic Business Unit, managing AECOM’s work with DOE.
“Dr. Wright’s experience with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is unparalleled and strengthens our operations with both customers,”Randy Wotring, president of AECOM’s management services group, said in the release. “This appointment is expected to position us for growth in the nuclear market, building upon his experience at both Sellafield Ltd and the Savannah River National Laboratory.”
Wright’s predecessor, James Taylor, resigned in March, an AECOM spokesperson wrote in a Wednesday email.
AECOM is a major player in nuclear cleanup and facility management contracts for DOE and the agency’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. The company is a partner in the consortiums that manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and the Nevada National Security Site. AECOM also leads the groups of companies that provide liquid waste remediation at the Savannah River Site and transuranic waste storage at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.
