A long-serving fed, Savannah River Site deputy manager Thomas Johnson Jr., planned to retire at the end of the month after 30 years with the Department of Energy and about 40 as a federal employee.
Michael Budney, the DOE Office of Environmental Management’s top boss, announced the pending retirement Monday at a webcast meeting of the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board.
Johnson’s impending departure is a big blow, Budney said. “He has done a great job to train me up the last four years.”
Johnson, who has held other positions at Savannah River, has been deputy manager at Savannah River since September 2018. He entered the government’s senior executive service in 2011, according to an online biography. The veteran federal employee has also held various short-term appointments, including acting boss for the Office of Environmental Management operations at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Johnson was also associate deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and project management at DOE headquarters in Washington, D.C. from 2012 to 2015. His early federal career began with jobs in engineering, design and project management with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Charleston, S.C. during the 1980s, according to his bio.
