Arborist Tree Care & Arboriculture

📣 إعلان

منذ يوم واحد

	نوع العقد	دوام كامل
	طبيعة الوظيفة	بالموقع
	الموقع	الرياض

وصف الوظيفة

About the Role

Eram Talent, a leading talent acquisition company, is seeking an experienced Arborist for a full-time position in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This role is responsible for the specialized care, assessment, management, and long-term conservation of trees within the Botanic Gardens. The Arborist will ensure trees are maintained to high standards of health, structural integrity, safety, and aesthetic quality.

Key Responsibilities

Conduct routine and specialized tree inspections, maintenance, and health assessments throughout the Botanic Gardens.
Undertake and/or supervise appropriate tree pruning, including formative, corrective, structural, crown-cleaning, and other arboriculture pruning techniques.
Monitor tree health and identify signs of disease, pests, structural defects, environmental stress, nutrient deficiencies, and physiological decline.
Recommend and implement appropriate preventative and corrective tree-care measures.
Conduct systematic tree risk assessments to identify structural defects, potential failures, hazardous trees, and risks to visitors, staff, infrastructure, and botanical collections.
Recommend appropriate risk-management measures, including pruning, monitoring, support systems, access restrictions, treatment, or removal where necessary.
Maintain appropriate documentation of tree-risk assessments, recommendations, interventions, and follow-up inspections.
Develop and implement comprehensive tree care and preventative maintenance programs.
Develop long-term tree succession and replacement plans to ensure continuity, resilience, and sustainability of the garden's tree collection.

Arboriculture Expertise

The Arborist will provide specialist arboriculture expertise to support botanic collections, landscape planning, conservation objectives, visitor safety, and tree-related education and interpretation programs. This involves applying knowledge of appropriate pruning, disease management, risk assessment, monitoring, and preventative care.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, Arboriculture, Forestry, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 5+ years of relevant professional experience in tree care and arboriculture management.
Demonstrated technical knowledge of tree-care and arboriculture practices is required.
Certified Arborist designation from a recognized professional arboriculture organization is preferred.
Additional professional training or certification in tree risk assessment, tree climbing, aerial rescue, chainsaw operations, or advanced arboriculture practices is advantageous.