Infrastructure Funding & Grant Writer -Remote

Jacobs Engineering Group; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 67,300 - 105,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedules

Remote work opportunities

Education reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Employee stock purchase plan

Health benefits

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking a grant writer to support cities, counties, and utilities in securing federal and state funding for critical infrastructure projects. You will collaborate with grants experts, planners, economists, and engineers to understand projects and craft compelling applications.

Responsibilities include drafting sections of grant narratives, conducting desktop research on regional trends, tracking compliance, and ensuring proposals meet agency requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 2 years of professional experience required.
• Experience with federal or state infrastructure grant programs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project kickoff and coordination calls with clients to discuss candidate grant projects and request relevant information on the infrastructure project seeking funding.
• Draft sections of project grant applications, ensuring that all funding agency requirements are addressed to the best extent possible.
• Conduct desktop research to “make the case” for the project, including on topics such as regional economic trends, demographics served by the project, and past impacts of infrastructure failures.
• Track compliance of draft applications with requirements identified in instructions and guidance documents provided by grant agencies.

Skills

Strong writing

Editorial skills

Reader-focused storytelling

Organizational skills

Grant programs knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

2+ years experience

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Overview

As a vital member of our team, you’ll support clients such as cities, counties, state departments of transportation, transit agencies, and utilities to secure federal and state funding for their critical projects. You will collaborate with diverse teams at Jacobs—federal grants experts, government relations, transportation planners, economists, resilience engineers, and others—to understand infrastructure projects and funding needs, and ultimately develop competitive grant applications.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project kickoff and coordination calls with clients to discuss candidate grant projects and request relevant information on the infrastructure project seeking funding.
• Draft sections of project grant applications, ensuring that all funding agency requirements are addressed to the best extent possible.
• Conduct desktop research to “make the case” for the project, including on topics such as regional economic trends, demographics served by the project, and past impacts of infrastructure failures.
• Track compliance of draft applications with requirements identified in instructions and guidance documents provided by grant agencies.

Qualifications

• Strong writing skills, including the ability to draft report-length project narratives in a professional voice and style, free of spelling or grammatical errors.
• Ability to distill key themes and compelling elements of a large infrastructure project and articulate them concisely for an unfamiliar reader.
• Basic document layout and production skills in Word, including use of references, styles, and image formatting.
• Organizational skills to help track compliance with grant program requirements in Word or Excel spreadsheets.
• Experience with federal or state infrastructure grant programs preferred.
• Knowledge of transportation, water, and/or municipal sector infrastructure challenges and/or capital planning processes preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 2 years of professional experience required.

Benefits

Jacobs health and wellness benefits are designed to invest in you and in the things you care about. Typical benefits offered include flexible work schedules and opportunities to work remotely, educational reimbursement, retirement benefits, employee stock purchase plan, health benefits, disability benefits, life and accident insurance, voluntary benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, and parental leave.

Salary

Typical salary range for this position is $67,300 to $105,200, and is commensurate with training and experience relative to the position.