Members of Bechtel’s leadership team for the Vit Plant are recognized experts in their fields. They bring decades of experience to the important clean-up mission at Hanford and are committed to the safe design, construction, and operation of this vital waste treatment facility.
Brian Hartman, Project Director
Brian Hartman was named Project Director for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, also known as the Vit Plant, in May 2023.
Brian is an accomplished engineering and project management professional with over 40 years of designing, constructing, and commissioning major projects for both Government and commercial customers. He is a Bechtel Senior Vice President.Brian began his career at Bechtel in 1982 working on nuclear power plant design. This experience ingrained the stringent quality expectations that continue to be a hallmark of his career. He advanced through roles of increasing responsibility for design and construction engineering, serving in every aspect from a technical specialist in distributed control systems, to engineering supervisor, to field engineer, to chief engineer for instrumentation and control, to project engineer, and ultimately project manager.As a project manager, Brian led projects utilizing first-of-a-kind technology, $190M to $8B in total cost. Most recently, Brian served as the Manager of Corporate Engineering and Technology, and Project Execution Manager for Bechtel Corporation. In this role, Brian was responsible for the oversight and management of the company’s global engineering and technology functions. He has also provided broader management support across megaprojects, to implement processes to support productivity and quality improvements for engineering design of power, renewables, and government projects (including the Vit Plant). His experience across multiple businesses and across all stages of project execution, from development to commissioning and startup, makes him a well-balanced project director. Through experience, Brian has proven to be an effective leader of multidisciplinary teams, driving innovation, and developing effective project strategies as well as an excellent communicator, developing and managing transparent and trusting customer relationships.Brian earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is also a registered Professional Engineer and a member of the International Society of Automation and the National Society of Black Engineers.
Chris Musick, Site Director/WTCC General Manager
Chris Musick is the Vit Plant Site Director and General Manager for the Waste Treatment Completion Company (WTCC), a subcontractor to Bechtel at the Vit Plant. He has nearly 30 years of experience in engineering, project management, and radioactive waste management. More than 20 years have been at the Vit Plant where Chris served in a variety of engineering management roles across all plant facilities.Before taking on his role as Site Director, Chris was the Deputy Project Director for the Vit Plant and was responsible for overseeing engineering, procurement, construction, startup, operations, and commissioning activities.
Chris earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Montana State University.
Mark Johnson, High-Level Waste Project Manager
Mark Johnson is the High-Level Waste Project Manager. He has nearly 30 years of experience in engineering and project management.Mark began his career at the Hanford Site at IFC Kaiser and Flour Daniel Northwest and joined Bechtel as part of the the Tank Waste Remediation System – Privatization (TWRS-P) program in 1998. He then worked for Bechtel Hanford and at the Vit Plant before transitioning to the Yucca Mountain Project and Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. He then returned to the Vit Plant and served as the Manager of Engineering.
Since then, Mark has held leadership roles across Bechtel including as an executive assistant to the company’s chief executive officer and chief operating officer. He most recently was project manager for engineering, procurement, commissioning, and startup for a highly complex $12 billion liquified natural gas megaproject in Texas.
Johnson was elected as a Bechtel principal vice president in 2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from Washington State University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Mechanical Engineering.