PBS&J International Inc., a unit of The PBSJ Corp., named Walid Hatoum president and international business director. He returns to the Tampa-based engineer from his role as division manager for the water and infrastructure unit of Parsons Corp. He was also a division manager for that firm’s international unit. Hatoum worked for PBS&J from 1986 to 1990.
Lee Elder has joined The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, as senior vice president of business development in its power group. He was vice president of global sales and marketing for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a unit of General Electric Co. He also held other executive positions at GE, Westinghouse Corp. and engineer Black & Veatch. Elder, now based in Charlotte, N.C., will manage business development in the group’s fossil, nuclear and maintenance divisions.