David Wilson, a former official with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), joined Energy Department contractor Longenecker & Associates on Aug. 10 as a senior associate.
Wilson, who spent 37 years with the state agency before retiring as its acting director in 2019, will take over a newly created post and support regulatory assurance work for Las Vegas-based Longenecker & Associates, according to a Monday press release. He will work from Aiken, S.C., near DOE’s Savannah River Site.
At DHEC, which is the state regulator for the Savannah River Site, Wilson oversaw a workforce of 3,200 and a budget of $620 million. As part of his work at the health agency, Wilson at various times led its Bureau of Water, Division of Waste Management, hazardous waste permitting, and legislative affairs activities.
The Longenecker press release calls Wilson a nationally recognized strategist on high-level radioactive waste issues. “He is a proven regulatory problem-solver with a long track record leading South Carolina’s oversight of the Savannah River Site and we are excited to bring his expertise and insight to bear on our projects,” L&A CEO Bonnie Longenecker said in the release.
The firm provides services such as strategy, regulatory assistance, and support for high-hazard operations for Energy Department contractors serving DOE’s Office of Environmental Management and semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration.
Longenecker & Associates is a subcontractor to both SRS prime Savannah River Nuclear Solutions and liquid waste contractor Savannah River Remediation, but Wilson will support the company’s regulatory portfolio across the EM and NNSA complexes.
