Todd Ailes

Todd Ailes

Chief Operating Officer

Todd Ailes is the chief operating officer for Consolidated Nuclear Security, the management and operating contractor for the Y‑12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In this role, he oversees the administrative and operational functions of Y‑12 that has a workforce of approximately 9,500.

Prior to his return to CNS in 2025, he was the manager for the Bechtel Pueblo Team, the systems contractor for the Pueblo Chemical Agent‑Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado, where he served as a project manager and provided leadership as the project completed destruction of chemical weapons and transitioned to closure of the site.

Before joining PCAPP project in November 2021, Ailes was the site manager for the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, which was under the CNS contract. He spent 15 years at Pantex and served as the vice president of plant operations and site manager, overseeing daily aspects of the plant.

He spent 5 years at the Kansas City Plant before joining Pantex and was responsible for production scheduling and manufacturing operations of nuclear weapon components. Prior to that, he spent 12 years with the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program and gained knowledge of nuclear plant operations, nuclear production, and weapons manufacturing. He has extensive experience with operations and weapons systems, including product development and funding/scheduling analysis.

Ailes has an A.S. degree in nuclear technologies from Regents College, a B.S. in human resources management from New School University, and an M.S. in business administration from the University of Missouri. He was elected a Bechtel principal vice president in 2023.