Fluor Hanford President Dave Van Leuven may be moving to another job, his employer confirmed Friday.

Local and corporate Fluor Corp. spokesmen cautioned that no definite decision has been made and noted Van Leuven still is president of Hanford's lead contractor.

They declined to elaborate on the possibility of Van Leuven moving elsewhere, other than to say a move "is under consideration."

Van Leuven could not be reached Friday for comment.

Fluor Corp. spokesman Jerry Holloway said the overall corporation, including its government services group, is partway through a reorganization, which includes shifting some managers. Fluor Hanford is part of Fluor Corp.'s Government Services Group.

Holloway said the reorganization will be finished in a few weeks.

Van Leuven, Fluor Hanford's fifth president since 1996, was promoted to the job in March. He was Fluor Hanford's No. 2 man, its executive vice president, for four years before becoming acting president last February when Keith Thomson retired.

Van Leuven has spent more than 30 years with contractors working with DOE. He has held senior jobs at Department of Energy sites at Rocky Flats, Colo., and Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Van Leuven moved to Hanford in 1996 when he was president of Waste Management Hanford, one of Fluor Hanford's original permanent subcontractors. During that time, Waste Management posted the highest DOE ratings of any company in Fluor's team.

After a couple of years, he became Fluor Hanford's executive vice president. In that post, he often was a troubleshooter, shepherding difficult projects - such as ensuring that the high-profile K Basins project began removing fuel on time - through crucial times.

This year has been mixed for Fluor Hanford.

The company is a few months ahead of schedule in converting Hanford's plutonium into safer forms, expecting to finish in early 2004. And Fluor is two months ahead of schedule in moving the K Basins fuel, expecting to finish that job in May 2004.

But Fluor is 10 to 11 months behind on removing radioactive sludge from the K Basins and is under heavy DOE pressure to catch up. Also, DOE is subtracting $550,000 from Fluor's upcoming fee payment for safety problems at T Plant.