Co-op Opportunities The Great Lakes Construction Co. The Great Lakes Way ... Safe. Capable. Eff[...]

The Great Lakes Way … Safe. Capable. Efficient.

The Great Lakes Construction Co.’s internship and co-op program provides an experience of collaboration, inclusion, cross-functional career development and personal growth. We are dedicated to safety, efficiency, quality, integrity, and teamwork; and we truly value the contributions of our interns and co-op students.

Students who are ambitious, articulate, creative, hardworking, ethical, and who welcome the opportunity to make a significant impact in a highly successful, very dynamic, and rapidly changing business will be a great addition to our team.

Great Lakes Construction offers paid internships and co-op opportunities to students currently enrolled in a two or four-year college program which focuses on Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Technology, or related fields.

Additionally, Great Lakes offers paid internships and co-op opportunities to students currently enrolled in a two or four-year college program which focuses on Safety, Surveying & Mapping, or Logistics.

The co-op position entails the use of general mathematics and science courses in addition to courses specific to the student’s discipline. The individual is placed on an active construction project assisting the Project Engineer in his/her daily duties. A Project Engineer at Great Lakes Construction is responsible for the measuring and reporting of all daily quantities of work performed, scheduling and coordination of all material deliveries, and the creation of daily production plans and reports. A successful student at Great Lakes will build his/her existing skills and explore valuable future positions within our organization.

The ultimate goal of the student and Great Lakes Construction is for the student to learn about the construction industry and how the course work relates to the work being performed, gain exposure and experience to the construction industry in anticipation of future full-time employment, and most of all, to have fun.