CH2M HILL's Private Water Sector Leaders Focus On Five Key Industries

The firm is leading innovation in more effective industrial water and wastewater treatment technologies

CH2M HILL is committed to leading innovation and developing more effective industrial water and wastewater treatment technologies. Focusing on five key industries, CH2M HILL is pleased to introduce the leaders of its water team responsible for leading the firm’s private sector water business.

Peter Nicol is the Global Managing Director, responsible for overseeing CH2M HILL’s public and private sector water business. Peter brings more than 34 years of experience supervising and managing water and wastewater projects to this role.

Ken Martins has been selected as the new Private Sector Global Service Leader. Ken is a senior principal technologist and Professional Engineer with more than 32 years of experience in design, construction, and operation of water and wastewater treatment systems. In this role, Ken will be responsible for leading and growing a high performance technology team to address the most complex water challenges faced by industrial clients. Ken also serves as the Global Technology Leader for mining.

Kristen Jenkins has been appointed as the new Deputy Global Service Leader and is also the Global Technology Leader for the power market. Kristen brings more than 20 years of experience in industrial pollution prevention assessments, permitting, and compliance. As Deputy Leader, Kristen will work with Ken to spearhead CH2M HILL’s industrial water technology talent and technical tools, and implement best practices to solve clients’ most complex needs.

Market Segment Leaders have been named to lead the five core industries: mining, upstream oil and gas, downstream oil, gas, and chemicals, power, and industrials. These individuals are responsible for developing and implementing market and client strategy, building client relationships and ensuring client needs and expectations are met, as well as stewarding business development opportunities within each respective sector.

Phil Benson has been appointed as the Mining and Industrials Market Segment Leader. Transitioning from his role in Operations, Phil brings more than 30 years of experience in project management, technical delivery, and client sponsorship to these new roles.

Becky Tomasek has been appointed the Upstream Oil and Gas Market Segment Leader. Becky has worked in the oil and gas industry for more than 16 years. She joined CH2M HILL earlier this year from Swire Oilfield Services, where she worked as Vice President of Strategy, Research and Development, and Business Development. She previously worked at Dow Oil & Gas.

Samir Dave’ is the Downstream Oil, Gas, and Chemicals Market Segment Leader. Samir has extensive experience managing all phases of refinery and petrochemical water and wastewater treatment design and upgrade projects. With more than 25 years of experience in the oil, gas, and chemical industry, Samir has led numerous multidisciplinary engineering teams through all phases of project development, from studies through large capital projects. His experience includes working for most of the major oil and gas companies, such as ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, and Marathon, as well as Dow Chemicals. Kar Munirathinam has been appointed the Global Technology Leader for the downstream oil, gas, and chemicals market, bringing 35 years of combined industrial and academic experience.

Mike Bobinecz joined CH2M HILL as the Power Market Segment Leader in June, and is responsible for leading the firm’s water and wastewater services for power generation. Prior to CH2M HILL, Mike worked as Vice President of Construction Management at BrightSource Energy Inc., and was responsible for leading the Ivanpah Project—the world’s largest concentrated solar project outside of Las Vegas, NV. Mike also worked for Bechtel Power and Babcock and Wilcox. His experience in business development and project management, combined with his deep knowledge of fossil fuel power projects, will be beneficial in his new role.

“CH2M HILL has helped numerous industrial, energy, and mining clients develop and implement integrated water management systems using an approach that focuses on creating the most effective and efficient water systems to enhance production, improve safety, ensure compliance, and reduce lifecycle costs,” says CH2M HILL Global Managing Director Peter Nicol. “The firm is furthering its commitment to leading innovation and developing more effective industrial water and wastewater treatment technologies by focusing on five specific industries and tapping key leaders in its water business to head the firm’s work in the private water sector.”

About CH2M HILL
Headquartered near Denver, Colorado, USA, employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leader in consulting, design, design-build, operations and program management for government, civil, industrial and energy clients. The firm’s work is concentrated in the areas of water, transportation, environment, nuclear, energy, facilities and urban environments. With US$6.6B in revenue and 26,000 employees, CH2M HILL is an industry-leading program management, construction management and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News-Record and named a leader in sustainable engineering by Verdantix. The firm was named Water Company of the Year at the 2012 Global Water Awards.For more information, visit ch2mhill.com.