Ian Milgate, Manager of Engineering and Design Authority, has 35 years of experience in engineering management, plant operations and maintenance, and business development.

As Manager of Engineering, Ian is responsible for detailed design and all engineering, procurement and construction deliverables that flow down from the design. As the Design Authority, Ian is responsible for managing technical issue resolution and Bechtel’s Design Authority.

Ian worked at WTP in 1999 with BNFL and joined Bechtel in 2005. He served as chief engineer at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project in Idaho Falls until 2010 and then as Nuclear Business Development manager in the United Kingdom. He returned to WTP in 2013 as the deputy manager of Production Engineering and became the Project Technical Director & Design Authority in 2015. He moved into his current role in 2017.

Ian holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Brunel University. He is a Bechtel-certified project engineering manager, a licensed professional engineer in Idaho, and a chartered mechanical engineer in the UK.