Bechtel National Inc. has selected Senior Vice President Brian Hartman as the new project director for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site.
Office of Environmental Management
June 20, 2023
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RICHLAND, Wash. – Bechtel National Inc. has selected Senior Vice President Brian Hartman as the new project director for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford Site. He is a 40-year Bechtel veteran with extensive leadership experience.
“Brian is a proven leader with a talent for building strong partnerships and creating high-performance teams,” said Tom Fletcher, EM Office of River Protection assistant manager and federal project director for WTP. “His deep experience on complex projects and across all aspects of project management and implementation makes him an ideal choice. I’m excited to work together as he leads the WTP project forward.”
Hartman will lead the WTP project through final commissioning of the Low-Activity Waste Facility and its support facilities, which will immobilize low-activity waste in glass for disposal at the Integrated Disposal Facility on the site. He will also oversee the team working the engineering, design and procurement for a facility to treat high-level waste.
“I look forward to building on the WTP team’s quality culture and collaborative approach to how we do work,” said Hartman. “We have an important mission to protect the environment and the public. I’m eager to work with our customer, other Hanford contractors, regulators and the local community.”
Hartman most recently served as Bechtel’s corporate manager of engineering and technology and as project execution manager. In this role, he headed the global engineering and technology functions for 5,000 professionals in 115 locations across 20 countries. Over the past year, he also managed collaborative engineering efforts among Bechtel, NASA and subcontractors to design a new launch facility at the Kennedy Space Center located on Merritt Island, Florida.
Hartman was elected a principal vice president in 2013 and senior vice president in 2020. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is a certified professional engineer and a member of the International Association of Automation and National Society of Black Engineers.
Hartman succeeds Valerie McCain, who passed away earlier this year.
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