Supervisor Landscape Maintenance

About Botanica and Red Sea Global

Botanica, a subsidiary of Red Sea Global, specializes in providing sustainable greenery across Red Sea Global's destinations. The company focuses on integrating new species with local flora and operates with a planet-first approach to sustainability. Since 2020, Botanica has cultivated over 5 million plants, with a goal of 30 million by 2030, shaping the natural landscapes of The Red Sea and Amaala. The team includes professionals, with 40% from the local community, working towards ecological harmony and sustainable development.

Role Summary: Supervisor Landscape Maintenance

The Supervisor Landscape Maintenance is responsible for overseeing and coordinating daily landscape maintenance operations in Umluj, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role ensures that landscaped areas meet high quality, safety, and presentation standards. Key responsibilities include 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 are met.
• 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, identifying irrigation issues, pests, diseases, and nutrient deficiencies.
• Coordinate with the irrigation team regarding performance, 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, and other landscape chemicals.
• 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 required quality standards.

Qualifications and Experience

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

Work Environment

This full-time position is based in Umluj, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, within a company dedicated to sustainable development and ecological harmony in natural landscapes.