Van Meter Welcomes 2025 Summer Interns

Supplier Operations and Sales Support Intern

Van Meter Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I love being active outside and singing in my free time.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I hope to gain knowledge and experience from one of the most successful businesses in the area!

What are your career/future goals? I want to make a positive impact in whatever community I am in!

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I hope to develop all the professional skills I learned at school this past year.

Construction Coordination Intern

Van Meter Location: Traveling

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? In my free time, I enjoy playing recreational sports and hanging with friends and family.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? Looking forward to gaining on-hands experience and building relationships, which will allow me to grow professionally as well as personally.
Eager to learn more about Van Meters tools and processes to better understand the ins and outs of what makes this company successful.

What are your career/future goals? Construction Project Manager

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? To understand how the various departments work together to ensure customer satisfaction.

Sales and Operations Intern

Van Meter Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? In my free time, I like to spend time with friends and family and stay active.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I am hoping to gain more hands-on experience in the industry. I'm especially interested in learning more from professionals in the field and developing my problem solving and communication skills. I'm also excited to contribute meaningfully and see where I can add value as I grow.

What are your career/future goals? I am still exploring what career path I want to take, which is why this internship is valuable to me. I am hoping to gain more exposure to different roles throughout the company. I know that I want to be a part of a company with great culture and values, like Van Meter Inc.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? One skill I am eager to improve this summer is my project management and communication skills.

Supplier Operations and Sales Support Intern

Van Meter Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? In my free time, I enjoy golfing and watching sports.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I am hoping to gain hands-on professional experience, make connections and learn more about the company. I believe this internship can help me grow professionally and will be a great opportunity to narrow down where I see myself after graduation.

What are your career/future goals? Long-term, I hope to work in a role where I can apply my background in economics and data science. I’m still exploring exactly what that path looks like, but I believe this internship will provide valuable insight and direction.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I’m hoping to apply and improve my skills in data science, analytics and strategic decision-making. These are areas I’ve focused on in school, and I’m excited to apply them in real-world scenarios and see how I can continue to grow.

Customer Success Intern

Van Meter Location: Cottage Grove, Minnesota

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I enjoy working out, being outside and spending time with friends.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I hope to gain insight to the tools and processes that are needed for a company to be successful.

What are your career/future goals? I hope to have a career in Human Resources or Project Management!

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I hope to strengthen my critical thinking skills.

Supplier Operations and Sales Support Intern

Van Meter Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I love to read and be creative in some sort of way.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? During my second summer with Van Meter, I’m hoping to gain a deeper understanding of the sales support roles. I want to be more hands on to experience the role as a future career path.

What are your career/future goals? I aspire to manage a team. I want to align people behind one goal and devise a way to get there.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? This summer I have the specific goal of being able to understand how the sales support role fits within the company.

Sales and Operations Intern

Van Meter Location: Eau Claire, Wisconsin

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? In my free time, I enjoy hanging out with friends, watching sports and fishing.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I’m hoping to gain real-world experience and a deeper understanding of how a successful business operates from both a sales and operations perspective. I’m excited to learn from different teams, build meaningful connections and grow into a more well-rounded professional.

What are your career/future goals? My future career goal is to hold a leadership position at a company I love working for.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? One skill I hope to develop during this internship is a stronger overall understanding of how different areas of a business work together to serve customers and drive results. I want to improve my ability to adapt, communicate and contribute across different teams. Those skills will help me grow personally and professionally.

Industrial Sales Intern

Van Meter Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Anything with sports or watching movies/TV.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? Experience with applying my knowledge and abilities.

What are your career/future goals? Have a great work-life balance and enjoy what I do.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? Working with others to solve problems from start to finish.

Industrial Sales Intern

Van Meter Location: Cottage Grove, Minnesota

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? My free time is filled with long walks, reading and YouTube videos about space!

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? This summer, I hope to build meaningful relationships with fellow interns and team members. I’m eager to learn how the manufacturing industry supports our economy and am excited to contribute to projects that align with Van Meter’s mission and goals.

What are your career/future goals? I’m passionate about building a career at the intersection of finance and technology. I hope to mentor and empower the next generation of professionals and commit to philanthropic efforts. I’m especially interested in the application of emerging technologies to solve real-world problems.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I hope to further develop my personal style and presence in consultative sales and learn how to break down customer needs to deliver impactful, lasting solutions.

Construction Coordination Intern

Van Meter Location: Traveling

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? Working out at the gym.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? Make good connections and improve my communication skills.

What are your career/future goals? Being able to make a good living in this field of work.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? My communication and teamwork.

Industrial Sales Intern

Van Meter Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I enjoy playing recreational sports, weightlifting, volunteering and spending time with friends and family.

What are your career/future goals? I want to pursue a career where I can combine my engineering skills with business strategy. I'm interested in roles like technical sales, operations consulting and process optimization because they allow me to apply analytical thinking to real-world problems while working with other people. In the long term, I want to move into management where I can help decide which projects to pursue.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I'm eager to improve my ability to explain technical concepts clearly and persuasively to non-technical audiences - a skill that will be crucial in both sales and engineering management roles moving forward.

Logistics & Transportation Intern

Van Meter Location: Cottage Grove, Minnesota

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I love to spend time outside. I do lots of hiking and skiing in Colorado during the school year. I also enjoy weightlifting and fitness.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I want to gain experience in logistics and optimizing processes to run more efficiently

What are your career/future goals? I hope to work in the Rocky Mountains area. Ideally have a family with a few kids and dogs, plus a flexible job to allow for some travel and adventures in the mountains.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? I hope that I can develop my optimization software skills to develop logistic processes that improve performance.

Construction Coordination Intern

Van Meter Location: Traveling

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? I like to spend time with friends, listen to music and DJ.

What are you hoping to gain from your internship with Van Meter? I am looking forward to gaining real world experience that allows me to apply my previously learned skills along with the several new ones I will acquire. I hope this internship helps me grow professionally and personally while preparing me for a full-time role.

What are your career/future goals? My long-term goal is to build a career that I enjoy and that I can better myself in, along with improving the organization. In the short term, I want to gain experience, improve the skills I currently have and understand how all parts of a business work together.

What is one skill you hope to develop or improve during this internship? One skill I hope to develop during this internship is my problem-solving ability in real-world business situations. I’m excited to apply my skills in a professional environment where challenges are more complex. I want to learn how experienced professionals approach these obstacles.