Supervisor Landscape Maintenance

About Red Sea Global and Botanica

Red Sea Global is a developer of sustainable tourism destinations. Botanica, a subsidiary of Red Sea Global, specializes in providing sustainable greenery solutions across these destinations, integrating new species with local flora. The company focuses on a planet-first approach to sustainability, having cultivated over 5 million plants since 2020 with a target of 30 million by 2030. This role is based in Umluj, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.

Job Purpose

The Supervisor Landscape Maintenance is responsible for overseeing and coordinating daily landscape maintenance operations. This includes ensuring that all landscaped areas meet high quality, safety, and presentation standards. The role involves workforce deployment, softscape maintenance, irrigation coordination, plant health monitoring, site inspections, work planning, and ensuring timely completion of maintenance activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate all daily landscape maintenance activities within assigned areas.
• Plan daily work schedules and allocate manpower based on operational priorities and site requirements.
• Oversee gardeners, landscape technicians, and maintenance teams to ensure productivity and quality standards.
• Manage the maintenance of trees, palms, shrubs, groundcovers, lawns, and seasonal plants.
• Supervise horticultural activities including pruning, trimming, mowing, planting, fertilization, weeding, mulching, and plant replacement.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure landscape areas meet required quality and presentation standards.
• Monitor plant health and identify issues such as irrigation problems, pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.
• Monitor irrigation performance and coordinate with the irrigation team regarding leaks, blockages, damaged components, and watering schedules.
• Ensure effective utilization of manpower, tools, machinery, equipment, and landscape materials.
• Monitor stock and material requirements, coordinating timely availability of fertilizers, chemicals, plants, soil, and other maintenance materials.
• Ensure landscape machinery and equipment are properly used, maintained, and reported for repair when necessary.
• Ensure compliance with HSE procedures, PPE requirements, toolbox talks, and safe working practices.
• Monitor the safe handling and application of fertilizers, pesticides, chemicals, and other landscape materials.
• Follow up on work orders, site observations, client comments, and corrective actions until closure.
• Prepare daily and weekly reports covering manpower, completed works, pending activities, materials, equipment, and operational issues.
• Maintain accurate records and operational trackers for landscape maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with Landscape Management, Irrigation, Nursery, HSE, Facilities, Logistics, and other support functions.
• Identify operational challenges, manpower shortages, quality concerns, or delays and escalate them to the Line Manager.
• Support employee performance monitoring and provide on-the-job guidance and coaching to the landscape team.
• Ensure all assigned landscape maintenance activities are completed safely, efficiently, on schedule, and to the required quality standards.
• Perform other duties related to landscape maintenance operations as assigned by the Line Manager.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 5-7 years of relevant experience in landscape maintenance or horticultural operations.
• At least 2 years of experience in a supervisory or team-leading role.
• Strong practical knowledge of softscape maintenance, plant care, irrigation systems, pest and disease identification, manpower supervision, quality control, and HSE requirements.
• Experience in large-scale landscaping, hospitality, resorts, facilities management, or major development projects is preferred.
• Good communication, coordination, reporting, and problem-solving skills.

Why Join Botanica?

• Contribute to a project focused on transforming landscapes and preserving biodiversity.
• Work with industry experts in a dynamic environment.
• Be part of a company that is setting new benchmarks in sustainable tourism and development.
• Contribute to world-class projects in unique locations.