Construction Management Intern

Job Description

Job Description

Wolverine Construction, formerly Wolverine Building Group is recognized nationally as a leader in the construction industry. We specialize in industrial, multi-unit residential, healthcare, office, retail, and restaurant construction. We provide quality building solutions through integrity, value and craftsmanship and are a growth company of nearly 200 employees headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan with locations in Brighton and Lansing, Michigan.

As an organization, we exist to positively impact people and communities.

We’re proud to be consistently recognized as one of the “Best and Brightest Companies to Work For,” a testament to our commitment not only to excellence in construction, but to fostering a workplace where our people can succeed and grow.

Interning at Wolverine Construction

Get ready for a summer of learning, building, and making an impact. As a Wolverine Construction intern, you'll work on real projects with experienced construction professionals, gaining exposure to both the business and field sides of the industry. Based in our Grand Rapids, Lansing, or Southeast Michigan office, you'll collaborate with our Project Management and Preconstruction teams and spend time on active jobsites alongside Superintendents and trade subcontractors. It's a hands-on experience designed to help you develop practical skills, expand your network, and discover what it takes to deliver exceptional construction projects. We'll provide all the PPE you need to safely experience the action in the field.

You will help with Project Management:

• Contribute to the project team to ensure they achieve project schedules and budgets. 
• Assist in managing multiple projects in a timely and accurate manner, monitoring overall project progress according to the project scope and available resources. 
• Participate in estimating.  Acquire and review cost estimates, ensuring estimates are accurate.
• Create project work scopes with Project Manager. During the preconstruction phase of construction, assist with permitting, value engineering, take-offs, pre-bid coordination, bidding process, post-bid coordination and meetings, design team meetings, project team selection, and subcontract issuance. Assist in managing subcontractors to work scopes and contracts. 
• Help create and maintain an overall construction schedule. Participate in project kick-off, site safety plan implementation and enforcement. Coordinate with Owner and subcontractors. Help prepare and execute project work plans. Coordinate temporary utilities and job site mobilization. Monitor and alert the project team when changes occur in the project scope, and update schedules promptly. 
• Alert Project Manager if you become aware of changes that could affect the project scope, schedule, or work completion.  Issue all addenda/bulletin changes to project team.
• Help schedule and conduct general inspections of the workers, their performance, and safety during construction. 

You will also Problem-Solve:

• Ensure an organized job site is maintained throughout the project.  Help coordinate and supervise all construction activities. Create and maintain daily field reports of all construction activities. 
• Review field conditions and any affect they may have on other disciplines.   
• Participate with Lead Construction Operations to review project specific errors/omissions and assist with resolutions. 
• Prepare, schedule, and supervise completion of a final punch list. 
• During the Closeout phase, assist with the coordination of job site de-mobilization, close out documents, and ensures that “green” communities close out requirements are to obtain government credits or LEED certification.

You'll Communicate and Network:

• Collaborate with various disciplines throughout Wolverine Construction. Regularly communicate with Project Managers, Project Engineers, Estimators, and Architects to understand any changes to project design, scope, schedule, and budget. 
• Maintain project documentation by receiving, reviewing, creating, and distributing items including but not limited to submittals, logs, daily and weekly reports, plans and specifications, RFI’s and bulletins, meeting minutes, schedules, change orders, etc.
• Promote job site safety, encourage safe work practices, and rectify job site hazards immediately.  Enforce all safety programs and OSHA requirements on the jobsite.  Attend safety meetings with subcontractors and ensure site safety with all construction activities. 
• Attend weekly owner and subcontractor meetings. Take meeting minutes, complete owner reports, and update schedules and completion matrices.
• Assist the project superintendent with other communication including project photography and documentation, field documentation, field office administrative work.
• Assist with directing field personnel to achieve completion of the project on schedule and within budget, with quality workmanship that conforms to original plans and specifications.   
• Understand what the deliverable needs to be to meet your client’s project needs and what it takes to make projects successful.

Build Your Future Here: Wolverine Construction’s Summer Internship Program is an opportunity that provides a 100% real-world experience for students early in their career. Throughout the summer, you will apply academic knowledge to practical, real-world situations, honing skills in project management, leadership, problem-solving, and communication. Engaging in service-learning opportunities, intern social events, and a cross-organizational capstone project, you'll establish a robust foundation for your future professional journey in any field. 

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.