URS-CH2M Oak Ridge (UCOR) officially announced Monday that it has hired a former Energy Department senior adviser for environmental management issues, Roger Jarrell, for a government and stakeholder relations position.
Jarrell, who left DOE on June 15, was a Trump administration political appointee who joined the department in January 2017 and started working on nuclear cleanup issues in May 2017. At UCOR he will work with local, state, and federal officials on matters concerning the UCOR cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee. He will also work on consolidating UCOR’s workforce development efforts, according to a press release from the company.
Prior to joining DOE, Jarrell practiced law, worked as a political consultant, and an elected Republican Party chairman in Lexington, Va.
“He will be a significant asset during our final stretch of our cleanup contract to help ensure we proactively address issues that may arise and develop strategies to ensure we finish strong as we wrap up our cleanup work with DOE,” said UCOR President and Project Manager Ken Rueter in the announcement.
Jarrell joined UCOR on Monday, filling an existing position at Oak Ridge. His departure from DOE and his new position were first reported last week by Weapons Complex Morning Briefing.
UCOR’s primary mission under the $2.7 billion contract at Oak Ridge is to by 2020 remediate the former gaseous diffusion complex, now known as the East Tennessee Technology Park, so that it can be used for commercial purposes. The UCOR contract also includes certain other work at the Oak Ridge Reservation, including overseeing construction of a new mercury treatment plant.
