Construction Intern- Summer 2027

Location: Grand Rapids, MI

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 Construction Project Management and Analytics Intern:

Join the Meijer Construction team for a dual-path internship combining hands-on project management exposure with construction analytics. The intern will work alongside Meijer Project Managers, construction partners and Cost Planning & Analytics team members to support active retail construction projects while analyzing cost, budget, schedule and portfolio information. This role provides experience across the project lifecycle and shows how data, technology and business insights can improve construction delivery.

• Partner with Construction Project Managers on active projects and participate in project meetings, site visits and field activities.
• Assist with project schedules, budgets, action items, documentation, status reporting, quality, turnover and closeout activities.
• Work with architects, engineers, construction managers, general contractors, vendors and internal Meijer partners.
• Analyze construction cost, schedule and portfolio data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Support dashboards, reports, KPIs, forecasting, variance analysis and project or program tracking tools.
• Help improve data quality, standardization and reporting using tools such as Excel, Power BI and AI.
• Translate project observations and analysis into practical findings and recommendations for project teams and leadership.
• Complete a meaningful summer project that connects project delivery and analytics, then present findings and recommendations at the conclusion of the internship.

Qualifications

Progress toward a Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Project Management, Finance, Business Analytics, Data Analytics or a related field

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