Chief Executive Officer
Christian Mobolade
Sets direction for the company, guards the culture and answers to owners for every MarkWester project. Spends time on job sites every month, not just in boardrooms.
Strategy · Culture · Owner relationships
Leadership · Builders leading builders
Leaders who have run the work.
Under Chief Executive Officer Christian Mobolade, MarkWester is led by people who came up through the field. They know what a pour day feels like, and they lead from the job site as much as from the office.
Our approach
How leadership works here.
Three principles shape how decisions get made, from the executive team to the foreman on the deck.
01
Builders leading builders
Our leaders have estimated jobs, run crews and closed out projects. They ask the right questions because they have had to answer them.
02
Field first
Decisions get made close to the work. Leaders walk sites, join the owner meetings and back the superintendent who calls a stop.
03
Accountable by name
Every project, risk and open issue has one owner. When something goes wrong, the answer to who is responsible is never a committee.
How we are organized
The leadership structure.
Company leaders set the standards. Sector operations leaders deliver the work. Project executives own each job.
Executive
Chief Operating Officer
Runs project delivery across all four sectors, sets field standards and makes sure every job has the people and equipment it needs.
Operations · Staffing · Equipment
Executive
Chief Financial Officer
Keeps the company financially strong so owners and trade partners can count on us, from bonding and insurance to paying subcontractors on time.
Finance · Risk · Payment
Company leader
Preconstruction Leader
Owns estimating, VDC and early planning, so budgets, schedules and constructability reviews are right before ground is broken.
Estimating · VDC · GMP
Company leader
Safety Leader
Sets the safety program and has the authority to stop any work on any site. Reports directly to the CEO.
Safety · Training · Stop-work
Sector operations
Operations Leader, Buildings
Leads delivery for healthcare, education, civic, commercial and other building markets, from mobilization to closeout.
10 building markets
Sector operations
Operations Leader, Civil & Infrastructure
Leads roads, airports, water and industrial work, including the self-performed civil crews and heavy equipment.
Highways · Airports · Water
Sector operations
Operations Leader, Energy
Leads generation, transmission and renewable work, including EPC delivery and commissioning.
Power · Renewables · EPC
Sector operations
Operations Leader, Development
Leads multifamily, affordable, student housing and mixed-use work, often alongside development partners.
Housing · Mixed-use
On every job
Project Executives
Senior builders who own each project day to day and stay with it from preconstruction to the final punch list.
One per project
How decisions get made
Close to the work, fast and on record.
- L1
The superintendent decides the day
Sequencing, crew moves and safety calls belong to the people on site. Leaders back those calls instead of second-guessing them.
- L2
The project executive decides the job
Budget, schedule recovery and owner commitments sit with one senior builder who knows the project from preconstruction on.
- L3
Sector leaders decide the portfolio
Staffing, equipment and risk across many jobs are balanced by operations leaders who still visit those jobs every week.
- L4
The executive team decides the company
Which work we pursue, which capabilities we add and which standards never bend. Decisions are written down and explained.
Growing the next leaders
Tomorrow’s leaders are on site today.
Most of our future leaders are already here, running a pour, chasing submittals or walking a punch list. We move people across sectors and delivery models on purpose, pair them with senior builders and give them real responsibility early. Leadership is learned on the job, the same way the trade is.
Start a conversation
Talk to a builder, not a salesperson.
Every first conversation includes a senior MarkWester leader who has run the kind of work you are planning.