Aaron Hunter, CCM, CHST, LEED AP BD+C

Director of Safety

Meet Aaron Hunter, MBP’s Director of Safety. Aaron leads the company’s safety program and works with teams across MBP to help keep our people safe in the field. His career at MBP began as a Quality Assurance Inspector, and over the years, he has worked in a variety of roles and on different types of projects, giving him firsthand experience with the work our teams perform every day.

Aaron enjoys getting out to project sites and working directly with team members, whether he’s walking a building project or joining an inspector along an active interstate. He sees each visit as an opportunity to share safety knowledge, provide training, and better understand the challenges our teams face. Just as importantly, Aaron brings what he learns from our teams back to MBP to continue strengthening our safety program.

A Day in Aaron's Life

Coffee first, then Aaron is off to the field! Follow along for a day in the life of MBP’s Safety Director as he visits our teams on the job, helps identify potential exposures, and gets a firsthand look at the challenges they face across a variety of project sites.

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Q&A with Aaron

What inspired you to pursue a career in construction management?: Construction and building things have fascinated me since I was a child. After high school, I entered the trades but quickly realized I wanted more from my career. With some friendly advice and a fair amount of research, I settled on construction management and began pursuing my degree. It is a decision I have never regretted and one that has had a very positive impact on my life.
How has MBP supported your career growth or professional development?: MBP has supported me in several ways. I was given opportunities that steadily increased my level of responsibility, influence, and impact. I have worked on many demanding and rewarding projects that I still look back on fondly. MBP has also given me opportunities to advance my career and the resources needed to succeed. My professional development has been, and continues to be, strongly supported, allowing me to earn several certifications and certificates and receive extensive technical training.
What advice would you give to someone starting a career in this industry?: Be open to advice and take the time to learn as much as you can. Early in your career, you will have opportunities to absorb knowledge from your peers, professional networks, projects, books, the internet, and AI. Use that time to learn, grow, and build a strong foundation for yourself. There is always time to learn throughout your career, but you may never again have quite the same opportunity to focus so heavily on learning as you do early on.
What is some advice you’d give to your 20-year-old self?: Invest more and start earlier. Take care of yourself, both mentally and physically. Don’t take things personally; most of the time, they aren’t personal. Keep challenging yourself. You aren’t doing half as badly as you think you are.
If you could swap jobs with someone at MBP for a day, who would it be and why?: I would swap jobs with one of our amazing commissioning engineers. Their work can be highly technical, which appeals to me because I am an engineer and a tinkerer at heart. They get to take a system that may not be working as well as it once did, find the problems, fine-tune it, and restore it to peak performance. I find that work interesting, and it resonates with the builder in me.
If MBP had a theme song, what would it be?: I am going with a classic: Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” The song emphasizes holding onto your dreams, persistence, and never giving up. We are a company of dreamers, and we want to be the best at what we do. We are persistent, we continue working toward and achieving our goals, and we are still hungry for what comes next. I think the song captures that spirit.