Broadband Team Leader

HUNT Engineers, Architects & Surveyors; Town of Horseheads (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO

Continuing Education Support

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in New York is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to oversee a team focused on telecommunications projects. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of engineering experience, 5+ in a leadership role, and a strong background in project management. This full-time position offers a competitive salary starting at $100,000+, along with various benefits including health insurance and professional development support. Applicants who thrive in collaborative environments and are committed to delivering quality projects are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and mentor engineers.
• Strong project management expertise, including budgeting and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineers to deliver telecommunications consulting deliverables.
• Manage multiple project managers to ensure project execution aligns with best practices.
• Foster a collaborative environment and communicate effectively with stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Technical Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineering (PE) license

Master’s degree in Engineering

Job description

HUNT is seeking an Engineering Team Leader to oversee a growing team of engineers working on Telecommunications projects. This role is perfect for a strong technical leader who thrives on collaboration, mentorship, and driving successful project delivery. As a Team Leader, you’ll play a critical role in shaping both our projects and our people — fostering a high-performance culture, ensuring quality design, and delivering broadband projects on time and on budget. If you’re passionate about growing talent, leading with vision, and building solutions that connect communities, we want to talk to you.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers to deliver construction documents, feasibility reports, tracking and other telecommunications consulting deliverables. Team leadership will include aligning company wide resources while also providing guidance, support, and mentorship to team members.
• Technical Leadership: Oversee the execution of projects by managing multiple project managers, ensuring that design and implementation align with best practices.
• Collaboration & Communication: Foster a collaborative environment within the team and with other design departments within the company. Communicate effectively with stakeholders about project status, technical challenges, and timelines.
• Project Management: Ensure successful delivery of projects by managing task priorities, tracking task progress, and mitigating any identified risks. Tracking project costs, approving team billing will be critical components of the Team Leader position.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote a culture of continuous process improvement by identifying process inefficiencies then recommending improvements.
• Hiring & Team Building: Participate in recruitment efforts and help onboard new team members into the company culture.
• Performance Management: Conduct regular group and as well as one-on-one meetings with team members. This will set clear goals and measure individual and team performance.
• Documentation & Best Practices: Ensure that standard operating procedures are followed and project documentation is up to date. Advocate for the creation of technical documentation that will support knowledge sharing and maintainability.

Why This Role Matters

Expanding access to reliable broadband is more than just building networks — it’s about building connections. As a Broadband Team Leader at HUNT, your work will directly support communities by improving access to education, healthcare, business opportunities, and everyday life through better connectivity. You’ll lead a team making a measurable difference for people who need it most.

Department

Technology

Salary Range

$100,000+

Job Type

Full Time

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field (Master’s a plus).
• Professional Engineering (PE) license preferred.
• 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in a leadership or management role.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality design and project execution.
• Skilled in workstream delegation and resource management, keeping multiple critical projects on track simultaneously.
• Strong project management expertise, including budgeting, scheduling, risk mitigation, and team task tracking.
• Hands-on experience delivering construction documents, feasibility studies, and broadband consulting projects.
• Effective communication and presentation skills, able to clearly explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Highly organized, process-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement, documentation, and technical best practices.
• Holidays
• PTO
• Health Insurance
• FSA/ HSA
• Life Insurance
• Continuing Education Support

About HUNT

HUNT is a full-service A/E Firm with offices located in Albany, NY, Binghamton, NY, Horseheads, NY, Rochester, NY, and Towanda, PA. As a firm, our vision is to build vibrant communities by empowering creativity and partnership. We have accomplished this to date by being an entrusted partner to our clients/communities, providing full-service design that is innovative, practical and community focused. In addition, we offer a family friendly, flexible workplace that aims to encourage long, successful, sustainable careers through a variety of life stages. We are excited to welcome you to apply to this strong culture and hope that your values align with those of the firm, which will further enhance our culture even as we look toward targeted growth opportunities. HUNT is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

EOE

HUNT is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.