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GHD

Premium hair styling tools for professionals

Design Manager

Project ManagementUpdated on Nov 6
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in science or an equivalent degree from a recognized university is required.
  • At least 7 years of design-management experience on large multidisciplinary engineering teams, and at least 15 years of project or design experience in the business sector, are required.
  • Experience with building information modeling (BIM) on multidisciplinary projects is required.
  • The candidate must be able to manage uncertainty and numerous changing priorities.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills are required.
  • Strong organizational skills are required.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary project execution to deliver compliant, constructible designs that meet client, operations, maintenance, and construction requirements.
  • Ensure design follows appropriate engineering processes, including company and project-specific processes.
  • Lead quality-control coordination for deliverables in accordance with the company's quality-management system.
  • Develop or verify project technical scope, collaborate with disciplines on proposal pricing, and plan work after project award to begin design activities.
  • Participate in preparing and maintaining a deliverables schedule with the project-controls team.
  • Manage the engineering-design budget and provide essential information to project controls.
  • Implement and follow the project change-control system, including proactively escalating potential changes.
  • Contribute to ongoing review and improvement of overall project strategy to meet the design schedule and budget and support milestone or phase-planning requirements.
  • Maintain communication among project-management, design, construction, and internal and external stakeholder teams on technical project matters.
  • Verify that schedule and budget data reflect the progress of professional services throughout project execution.
  • Coordinate preparation of design criteria by team leads.
  • Lead development and execution of the design work plan and level of effort.
  • Convene, chair, and document interdisciplinary design-coordination meetings; document design assumptions and decisions; and communicate critical issues affecting external stakeholders to the project manager.
  • Resolve design-coordination issues among multidisciplinary teams during design.
  • Liaise as needed between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction, and coordinate resolution of multidisciplinary issues arising from site nonconformities with plans and specifications.

Desired Qualifications

  • Technical knowledge and design experience in one or more disciplines, including civil engineering, structural engineering, building engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, architecture, or instrumentation and control.
  • Knowledge of scheduling software and capital-cost estimating techniques.
  • Professional accreditation.

About the Company

GHD

Premium hair styling tools for professionals

ghd, a brand under Coty, makes premium hair styling tools for professional and home use, including straighteners, hair dryers, and curling irons. The devices are designed to deliver salon-quality results and rely on premium build and performance across its product lines. ghd sells through multiple channels, such as its own website, luxury retailers like Nordstrom, and online platforms like Amazon, creating a direct-to-consumer and luxury retail presence. Unlike many brands, it focuses on a niche of high-performance tools with a strong brand reputation, targeting consumers who want professional-grade results. The company aims to grow its market share in beauty by offering reliable, high-quality tools that are familiar to professionals and consumers alike.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$300K
Headquarters
Warrington, United Kingdom
Founded
1927

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