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GHD

Premium hair styling tools for professionals

Project Controls Specialist - Project Controls

Project & Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, CanadaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree, diploma, or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
  • Eight to twelve years of project-controls experience in a consulting engineering, design, or project-delivery environment is required.
  • Experience supporting large multidisciplinary technical projects from design through construction is required.
  • Strong knowledge of scheduling methodologies, cost-control processes, forecasting techniques, change-management practices, and risk-management practices is required.
  • Proven experience managing project performance indicators, including earned value management, the cost performance index, and the schedule performance index, is required.
  • Proven ability to maintain accurate forecasts, analyze project variances, and translate data into actionable recommendations is required.
  • A thorough understanding of project controls across project-delivery models, including design-build, design-bid-build, progressive design-build, and integrated project delivery, is required.
  • Experience with project-controls systems such as Primavera P6, Acumen Fuse, or similar tools is required.
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, project-scheduling software such as Microsoft Project or Primavera P6, and project-reporting tools is required.
  • Experience developing dashboards and producing performance reports using Power BI is required.
  • Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills are required.
  • The ability to manage multiple priorities effectively in a dynamic environment is required.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Eastern Canada Project Management Office lead to implement project-control processes across the regional project portfolio, including scheduling, cost control, forecasting, change management, and risk management.
  • Use project activity measurements and earned value management principles to monitor and evaluate project performance.
  • Work with project managers and project teams to provide practical project-controls support throughout the project life cycle.
  • Prepare and deliver reports on project costs, schedules, forecasts, risks, and key performance indicators to support decision-making.
  • Work with project managers, design teams, and discipline teams to review project budgets and schedules, identify issues, and provide analyses and recommendations supporting project objectives.
  • Perform project forecasting activities, including maintaining estimate-to-complete and estimate-at-completion indicators and helping project managers assess cost and schedule performance.
  • Monitor project trends, identify emerging opportunities and risks, and communicate actionable recommendations to project teams.
  • Support change-management processes by evaluating change requests, maintaining change and trend logs, assessing impacts, and communicating status updates.
  • Work with finance and project-administration teams to ensure the accuracy of project budgets, accruals, cash-flow forecasts, and billing.
  • Promote project-controls best practices and provide mentoring and guidance to project-team members as needed.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience providing coaching, mentoring, or support to project teams is an asset.
  • A professional project-management certification such as Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, or similar is an asset.
  • Experience with schedule retrospective analysis is an asset.

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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