Grant Manager

HILGARTWILSON, LLC; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off including military leave

Job summary

HILGARTWILSON, LLC is seeking a Grant Manager to join our Municipal group in San Antonio, Texas. In this role, you will play a key part in assisting communities to secure funding for essential infrastructure projects and public improvements.

Your responsibilities will include managing grant applications, leading client meetings, and ensuring compliance with funding requirements. With 5+ years of experience and a relevant degree preferred, this position offers a dynamic opportunity for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in grant management.
• Ability to read, write and understand English effectively.
• Experience with federal funding programs such as FHWA, FEMA, and HUD CDBG.

Responsibilities

• Perform grant and loan funding management duties.
• Manage applications and ensure compliance with grant management requirements.
• Lead meetings with clients and funding agencies.

Skills

Grant writing

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English, Political Science, Philosophy, Public Administration or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Adobe Acrobat

Job description

Overview

Join Colliers Engineering & Design as a Grant Manager in our Municipal group and play a key role in helping Texas communities secure funding for impactful infrastructure and public improvement projects. In this dynamic position, you’ll collaborate with municipal clients, technical teams, and funding agencies to identify grant opportunities, manage applications, and drive successful project outcomes. If you’re passionate about community development, strategic problem-solving, and making a lasting impact across Texas, this is an exciting opportunity to grow your career with a nationally respected engineering and consulting firm.

Travel to client and project sites is required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Perform grant and loan funding management duties.
• Analyze grant management requirements for projects.
• Consult with client and support staff to develop a plan for compliance.
• Help maintain schedule for compliance.
• Prepare reports and funding disbursement documents, and other grant management documents.
• Ensure program compliance and timely disbursement of funds to client.
• Research funding programs and prepare grant applications.
• Lead meetings with internal and external clients and program contacts.
• Perform site visits as needed.
• Complete assignments in the specific time periods requested while ensuring accuracy, completeness, quality, and thoroughness of results. Meet company standards for productivity and profitability.
• Maintain regular contact with clients, consultants, government agencies, involved communities and contractors in connection with the projects.
• Establish & maintain positive relationships with co-workers, support and build others on the team and across disciplines/offices.
• Lead and manage complex grant management tasks and teams of support staff, including for federal programs.
• Maintain direct contact and strong relationships with clients.
• Mine work from clients. Prepare proposals and help secure contracts.
• Assist in the assembly of pricing, estimating, scoping and marketing strategies for proposed grants projects.
• Work entirely independent when needed with minimal direction or correction from supervisor or grant manager. Make decisions with little oversight regarding grants complexities and methods.
• Assist with staff training.
• Assist with grants team business development and marketing tasks including prospective client presentations, presentations to internal staff, marketing‑level proposal preparation, conference attendance and business plans.
• Strive to achieve predetermined goals for profit, productivity targets, and schedule of deliverables.
• Prepare effective work plans, schedules and man‑hour budgets for tasks.
• Perform client management duties and participate in business development efforts, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, Political Science, Philosophy, Public Administration or related field preferred.
• 5+ years in related field.
• Valid driver’s license preferred.
• Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job‑related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.
• Demonstrate general computer skills, knowledge, and acumen (i.e., Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Acrobat).
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and multi‑task.
• Demonstrates intermediate grant writing and grant management skills with local governments and the civil engineering field. Experience with the following funding programs is preferred: FHWA, FEMA, HUD CDBG, EPA Brownfields, USDA, and EPA Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.
• Advanced writing and research skills.
• Advanced, proactive communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to take ownership of, and responsibility for, work product and manage own time and workload.
• Demonstrate intermediate knowledge of grants‑related concepts, theories, principles and practices.
• Demonstrate intermediate investigative, analytical and research techniques.

What We Offer

At Colliers Engineering & Design, our people are our most important resource. That’s why we are committed to providing all our employees with a safe, comfortable work environment, potential for career advancement, and the ability to impact society through their projects as well as Company sponsored activities.

This dedication begins with supporting a work life balance through a generous compensation package that includes: company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid pregnancy disability leave; short- and long‑term disability insurance; life insurance; a company-matched 401(k)/Roth; paid time off that includes parental and military leave; employee referral and professional license bonuses and a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.

We have also created an internal culture that provides the resources and technology needed to encourage personal and professional growth opportunities through reimbursement for education; a free in‑house resource for hundreds of educational and self‑enrichment courses; mentorship program; wellness program; Women’s Organization and ongoing philanthropic opportunities.