Joe Faldowski – Chief Operations Officer
Joe Faldowski is a proven nuclear industry executive who has exceled in progressively demanding leadership roles within DOE- and NRC-regulated nuclear industries. Over the course of his 26-year career, he has formed and directed high-performance teams to solve complex problems, turn around troubled projects, improve facility productivity, increase efficiency, and consistently meet contract and corporate commitments. As COO, he has overall responsibility for the company’s financial, operational, safety, and quality performance. He applies an owner/operator mentality to meet OFS objectives, as well as his experience in leading multi-discipline teams to retrieve waste and close facilities at the Savannah River Site, Hanford, and the Oak Ridge, Los Alamos, and Idaho national laboratories. Previously as Operations Manager at NuVision Engineering, Mr. Faldowski managed a portfolio of technology transfer projects under DOE EM30 aimed at solving recalcitrant waste retrieval and cleanup problems within the DOE complex. He has an M.S. and B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, both from Penn State University. Since joining Orano in 2008, he has held positions of increasing responsibility including two and a half years working in France with the leadership teams at Orano’s flagship reprocessing and recycling facilities, managing large projects for DOE and utility customers within Orano’s Federal Services and TN Americas businesses, and leading Orano’s fabrication facility as President/COO of Columbiana Hi Tech (now TN Fabrication).