Construction Intern- Summer 2026

Meijer • Grand Rapids, MI • 2d ago

As a family company, we serve people and communities. When you work at Meijer, you're provided with career and community opportunities centered around leadership, personal growth and development. Consider joining our family - take care of your career and your community!

Meijer Rewards

Weekly pay

Scheduling flexibility

Paid parental leave

Paid education assistance

Team member discount

Development programs for advancement and career growth

Please review the job profile below and apply today!

Meijer offers an 11-week internship program that challenges interns to deliver innovative solutions to real projects that impact the business. Throughout the course of the internship experience, we deliver diverse personal and professional development opportunities that further develop skillsets that can be implemented both during and after the program. The internship program will allow for interaction with other interns and Meijer senior leaders.

The internship program includes:

Challenging and impactful projects

Final presentations delivered to senior executives

Executive speaker series

Professional development and training opportunities

Networking and community events to drive engagement

Intern roadshow highlighting key areas of the business

What you will be doing as a Capital Projects & Supply Chain Construction Intern :

You will be given the opportunity to step into Meijer Construction to facilitate Project Management in the Capital Projects & Supply Chain Construction realm. This program supports all areas of the business, executing projects on behalf of Merchandising, Retail Operation, Facilities Maintenance, Life Cycle Management, and Supply Chain teams, amongst others.

Our focus is to deliver projects at a high level while maintaining excellent communication to business partners. You'll be tasked with aiding in development of the project scope, facilitating a competitive bid event, awarding work, developing schedules, assisting in managing budgets, and project closeout. The role will require facilitation of project kickoff meetings, progress discussions, pre-construction meetings, and project closeout discussions.

Further, you'll be given the opportunity to leverage project management tools widely used across the industry, inclusive of Microsoft Project, Procore, and SAP.

The intern may also get exposure to other activities of the function, including:

Capital Project Design Development

Purchase Order Management / Procurement

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Qualifications :

Progress toward a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or similar

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PowerBI.

Problem Solving - Probes all fruitful sources for answers, and looks beyond the obvious to assemble and interpret data

Drive for results - has focus on the bottom line

Customer focus - dedicated to meeting expectations of internal and external customers

Relationship Skills - can create positive working relationships with customers, team members, leadership, and other internal and external constituencies

Communication Skills - conveys the right information in writing and verbally

Organized - uses resources effectively and arranges information and files in a useful manner

Attention to Detail - can extract details from written and numeric data and has a high

Possible career path opportunities:

Construction Coordinator

Construction Project Manager

We opened our doors more than 90 years ago with the goal of helping people provide for themselves and their family. Today we're a multi-billion dollar retailer with more than 70,000 employees across six states. Our Midwest geography includes corporate offices in Grand Rapids, Michigan, plus manufacturing facilities, distribution centers and over 270 stores across Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin.

Meijer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are committed to treating all persons with dignity and respect. Meijer's policy is to not discriminate because of any applicant or team member's race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, age, physical or mental disability, uniformed service or veteran status, or any other lawfully-protected classification. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of your application, please click here to submit your request . Submissions that are not seeking help to complete the application due to a disability will not be responded to.

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