Professional Hairdresser / Barber

About the role

Join Salon Marcel Pelchat as a skilled hairdresser providing a full range of styling, cutting, and treatment services to a diverse clientele in an urban, non‑smoking environment. You will work directly with clients to advise on beauty care, perform hair and scalp treatments, and ensure a welcoming salon experience.

Key responsibilities

• Consult clients on hair and scalp care, analyse condition, and recommend appropriate treatments.
• Cut, trim, taper, curl, wave, perm, and style hair according to client preferences.
• Apply bleach, dyes, tints, frosting, and highlights; colour, frost or streak hair as requested.
• Shave and trim beards and mustaches, and provide scalp conditioning massages.
• Supervise and mentor apprentices or students during on‑the‑job training.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and customer‑focused salon environment.

Required profile

• Client‑focused with strong interpersonal communication.
• Dependable, flexible, and able to exercise good judgement.
• Attention to detail and manual dexterity for repetitive tasks.
• Ability to work both standing for extended periods and performing seated tasks.
• Team player who can collaborate with colleagues and supervise trainees.

Required skills

• Blow drying
• Hair braiding
• Iron waving/curling
• Perms and permanent wave techniques
• Bleaching and hair colouring (dyes, tints, frosting, highlights)
• Shaving and beard trimming
• Scalp conditioning massages

What we offer

• Commission and gratuities on top of hourly wage.
• Free parking and on‑site amenities.
• Employer‑paid learning and training opportunities.
• Flexible evening, day and weekend hours, with variable or compressed work weeks.
• Support for newcomers, refugees, youth, and Indigenous workers.