Grant Manager/Director

Job overview

The Grant Manager/Director role is hybrid in Galveston, TX, with a primarily office or remote work environment and occasional travel to funder meetings, conferences, or program sites. Compensation is not specified. Gulf Copper LLC repairs and refurbishes marine vessels and performs ship construction and fabrication for transportation, government, and oil and gas markets. The manager oversees the grants portfolio and leads grant strategy, administration, compliance, reporting, and closeout. The role coordinates with program and finance teams and funding agencies to secure and manage funding aligned with organizational goals and industrial projects.

What you'll do

• Develop and implement grant management strategy
• identify and evaluate funding opportunities
• manage the grant lifecycle from proposal development through closeout
• supervise grants staff
• coordinate grant applications
• ensure regulatory and contractual compliance
• monitor budgets and expenditures
• review reports and reimbursement requests
• track deadlines and outcomes
• serve as primary funding-agency contact
• report to executive leadership and governing boards
• lead monitoring visits, audits, and corrective action plans
• maintain policies, procedures, and internal controls
• analyze performance and recommend improvements.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

grant manager

grant director

grant management

grant compliance

grant strategy

federal grants

texas grants

galveston tx

hybrid

gulf copper

marine repair

shipbuilding funding

occasional travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• 401(k)
• group health and dental plan
• short- and long-term disability insurance
• life and voluntary life insurance
• holiday and vacation pay
• employee assistance program.

Why this role

Grant remit includes federal and Texas grants and incentives, tax credits and exemptions, maritime and shipbuilding funding, workforce and apprenticeship funding, and other listed programs; occasional travel may be required.

About the employer

Gulf Copper LLC is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Support Activities for Water Transportation. Sector: 48.