Vice President, Project Management
Salvador (Sal) Beltran III is vice president of Project Management for Consolidated Nuclear Security, the management and operating contractor for the Y‑12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this role, he directs the safe and secure delivery of vital national security projects, ensuring rigorous alignment with scope, cost, and schedule requirements.
Before joining CNS, Beltran was the deputy principal associate director of Project Management at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In this capacity, he directed a diverse portfolio of more than 200 projects, with a total project cost valued in excess of $1.5 billion, while also spearheading the delivery of six new commercial‑like facilities.
Throughout his career, Beltran has held pivotal leadership roles with the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, including director of Project Management at the Pantex Plant, where he championed three major project portfolios in support of the NNSA mission. He was also named project manager for the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project Phase 2 at Los Alamos National Laboratory and was deputy project manager for the Low‑Activity Waste Facility, Balance of Facilities, and Analytical Laboratory projects at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. His enterprise-wide experience has been instrumental in directing large-scale, first‑of‑a‑kind engineering and construction projects that directly support critical national plutonium and uranium modernization initiatives.
Beltran began his leadership career as a U.S. Army aviation officer, commanding helicopter operations around the world. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Eastern Washington University and is a member of the Project Management Institute.