Civil Engineer Internship or CoOpMay 2026

Dennis Group Civil Engineers focus on the land development and infrastructure for our industrial projects that involve designing and building new food and beverage process facilities. Our civil engineers have strong technical and design ability and excellent communication skills in designing land development plans, building pads, infrastructure for new buildings, landscaping, and everything from the foundation and below. Civil engineers are part of our Building Systems department and work closely with structure engineers and architects/designers. They are also involved with bid evaluation and local contractor initial contact in multiple project locations. The role is highly valuable at Dennis Group and faces engineering challenges that require strong calculation skills and for experienced engineers to have a Professional Engineer License (PE). As a member of our civil team your responsibilities may include but not limited to:

Responsibilities

• Acquires basic knowledge and develops skills
• Applies standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to perform assigned tasks as part of a broader assignment
• Exercises limited judgement on details of work and in application of standard methods for conventional work
• Performs basic design tasks. Assists on other tasks such as: preparation of permit applications, drawings and CAD work
• Performs basic procurement tasks such as bid list development, contractor initial contact, bid tabulation, and preliminary bid evaluation
• Acquires basic drawing literacy; develops an understanding of discipline specific plan elements, and how to navigate a set of drawings
• Performs basic construction administration tasks including submittal review
• Develop site basis of design document
• Develop parking lot layout that satisfies development ordinances and regulations
• Analysis and detailed design of institutional, industrial, and commercial buildings sites
• Determines land use characteristics and assign runoff coefficients
• Calculate times of concentrations
• Pre-development hydrologic analysis for simple sites
• Understanding of BMPs for EPSC
• Prepare storm drainage report
• Preparing engineering calculations and engineering sketches
• Preparing land development plans, site grading, utility and drainage design for planning, permitting and construction for food and beverage processing facilities.
• Reviewing drawings and coordinating the project team
• Preparing bid packages and providing construction administration
• Develop bidder list
• Bid tabulation
• Visiting project sites to observe field conditions
• Evaluating design constraints and resolving problems

Required Education Skills and Experience

• Junior, or Senior pursuing a degree in Civil Engineer or related engineering degree.

• 0-3 years of experience or schooling in civil engineer tasks involving industrial construction projects (foundation and below aspects - design land development, building pads, and infrastructure for new builds, etc.)

• 0-3 years of experience or schooling in drainage, grading and utility design for industrial or commercial projects.

• 0-3 years of experience or schooling in AutoCAD, Civil 3D

• Ability to travel to project sites as needed (15 days a year)

• GPA: 3.0 or above

Travel Requirement

• Up to 25% travel required to visit project site and other offices.

About Us

We plan, design, engineer, and build food plants for major brands across the country and the world. For the past three decades, we’ve focused exclusively on the food and beverage industry, helping your favorite brands put your favorite foods in the grocery store. Simply put, food isn’t one thing we do, it’s all we do.

Dennis Group offers competitive compensation packages commensurate with experience. We provide comprehensive employee benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, paid time off including an open vacation policy, as well as bonus, profit-sharing, and retirement plans.

Dennis Group is proud to provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or genetics