Senior Landscape Engineer📣 Job Ad

About the Role

ENGIE Solutions Middle East is seeking a Senior Landscape Engineer to join our team in Al Ula, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves leading all landscape facilities management activities, ensuring outdoor spaces and green infrastructure are maintained to high standards of aesthetics, functionality, safety, sustainability, and cost-efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual Landscape Maintenance Business Plan, including budgets, KPIs, resource allocation, and capital improvement priorities.
• Establish team objectives aligned with organizational goals and sustainability commitments.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary landscape management team.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the FMA Landscape Team and senior management, tenants, clients, consultants, and government authorities.
• Champion the adoption of technology such as smart irrigation, drone surveys, and GIS mapping for landscape management.
• Ensure all landscape areas, including softscape, hardscape, water features, external lighting, irrigation, boundary treatments, outdoor furniture, parking areas, and recreational amenities, are maintained in optimal condition.
• Review and approve the Preventive Maintenance Programme (PMP) and ensure its effective implementation.
• Monitor real-time operations and respond to emergencies, such as storm damage, irrigation failures, tree falls, and flooding, with decisive leadership.
• Ensure compliance with local authority regulations, environmental laws, health and safety standards, and green building certification requirements.
• Oversee the Performance Review Framework for all in-house staff and external service providers, conducting quarterly and annual performance reviews and preparing balanced scorecards.
• Facilitate structured feedback sessions with clients, tenants, and stakeholders to capture satisfaction data and initiate corrective action plans when performance benchmarks are not met.
• Approve the procurement strategy for all landscape-related services, materials, and capital works, overseeing the RFP lifecycle from initiation through evaluation, award, and contract administration.
• Negotiate contracts to achieve best value while maintaining quality and sustainability standards.
• Lead the annual Landscape Condition Assessment and Gap Analysis.
• Develop and implement the Landscape Improvement & Enhancement Master Plan.
• Benchmark performance against industry best practices and comparable properties.
• Drive innovation in sustainable landscape practices, including xeriscaping, native planting, biodiversity corridors, and permeable paving.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, Urban Planning, or a related field.
• Certifications such as CLP (Certified Landscape Professional), PMP (Project Management Professional), CFM (Certified Facility Manager), or equivalent.

Experience and Skills

Candidates should possess 10–15+ years of progressive experience in landscape management. Experience within large-scale commercial, residential, or mixed-use developments is preferred. The role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, operational management, and stakeholder communication skills.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Al Ula, Al Madinah, Saudi Arabia, focusing on the comprehensive management and enhancement of diverse landscape facilities.

Application Information

Further details regarding the application process will be provided upon inquiry. Salary for this position will be disclosed during the recruitment process.