Tammy Hobbes

Vice President & WIPP Operations Manager

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Tammy Hobbes serves as SIMCO’s Vice President and Operations Manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. Tammy brings more than 34 years of proven leadership and experience in government-related nuclear operations and project management in highly technical demanding environments.

Tammy’s operational expertise and in-depth understanding of nuclear industry regulatory requirements is evident as she led the start, and subsequent 10 years, of remote-handled transuranic waste shipments to WIPP from the Idaho Cleanup Project at the DOE’s Idaho National Laboratory Site. Tammy’s experience was shaped across a range of DOE and government facilities, including the Idaho National Laboratory, the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, and the Canadian Nuclear Laboratory in Ontario.

At SIMCO, Tammy’s leadership and experience in project management, environmental remediation, waste management, and nuclear operations are integral to WIPP’s mission and success. Tammy holds a Master’s in Nuclear Engineering from Idaho State University, a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University and is a graduate of the Officers Naval Nuclear Power School.