David Turner

David Turner

Vice President, Operations Support

C. David Turner is the vice president of Operations Support 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 more than 1,200 engineers, crafts, and contracted staff for the multidisciplined Operations Support organization. Under Turner’s leadership, the organization maintains and ensures the availability of mission‑critical facilities, systems, utilities, and equipment at Y‑12. Turner also oversees the management of Y‑12 waste, including waste disposal.

Turner previously worked in corporate leadership. Most recently, he was president of the American Water Military Services Group, where he oversaw capital improvements and water/wastewater treatment operations for multiple military installations. Throughout his career, he has led corporate and military organizations in accomplishing work
in energy, infrastructure, engineering, construction, logistics planning, and other competencies. He has also served as a consultant and sat on several board of directors, recently completing a 3‑year term with Professional Project Services.

Turner is a retired brigadier general and former commander of the South Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In that role, he led a professional workforce of more than 3,400 and managed a $4.24B military and civil works program with key missions of defending and protecting the nation, managing the nation’s water resource infrastructure, and building the Corps for the future. Previously, he was commander of the USACE South Pacific Division and chief of staff at USACE headquarters. He also commanded the USACE Far East District, where he oversaw a $10B design and construction program.

Turner’s Army career involved many other assignments, including global nuclear strike advisor on the Joint Staff at the Pentagon and various deployments. He has also received multiple commendations and awards for his service and valor, including the Army Distinguished Service Medal.

Turner holds an M.S. in industrial engineering from Wichita State University; an M.S. in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College; a B.A. in mathematical sciences from the University of Central Missouri, where he was awarded Distinguished Alumni in 2014; Senior Executive Fellow from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University;
and certificates of finance and accounting from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.