Manager Landscape Maintenance

About Red Sea Global and Botanica

Red Sea Global is seeking a Manager - Landscape Maintenance for Botanica, its subsidiary specializing in sustainable greenery. Botanica provides dedicated landscape services across Red Sea Global’s destinations, focusing on integrating new species with local flora. Since 2020, Botanica has cultivated over 5 million plants, with a target of 30 million by 2030, contributing to the natural landscapes of The Red Sea & Amaala. The company emphasizes a planet-first approach to sustainability, managing over 1 million square meters of landscape.

Role Overview

The Manager - Landscape Maintenance is responsible for overseeing and managing landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites. This role ensures high-quality landscape presentation, optimal plant health, efficient irrigation performance, operational efficiency, and compliance with HSE standards. The Manager leads Supervisors and field teams, manages resources, monitors operational performance, and coordinates with internal stakeholders and clients to ensure effective service delivery. This is a full-time position requiring 5-10 years of experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites and areas.
• Develop weekly and monthly maintenance plans and ensure activities align with operational schedules and priorities.
• Lead and supervise Landscape Maintenance Supervisors, technical teams, gardeners, and field workforce.
• Oversee all softscape and horticultural activities, including pruning, mowing, planting, fertilization, weeding, mulching, plant replacement, and general landscape care.
• Monitor overall plant health and landscape quality, implementing corrective actions for pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and plant stress.
• Oversee irrigation performance and coordinate with irrigation teams to maintain watering schedules, resolve system issues, and improve water-use efficiency.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure landscape areas meet required quality, presentation, and service standards.
• Manage manpower planning, workforce deployment, productivity, attendance, and utilization.
• Review Supervisors' daily work plans and ensure proper resource allocation across sites and priority areas.
• Monitor landscape maintenance KPIs, work orders, service requests, client observations, and corrective actions, ensuring timely closure.
• Manage requirements for plants, fertilizers, chemicals, soil, tools, machinery, vehicles, and other landscape materials.
• Coordinate purchase requisitions, POs, material requirements, and service requests with Procurement and relevant support functions.
• Review and validate operational invoices and supporting documentation related to landscape maintenance services, materials, and contractors.
• Monitor contractor and service-provider performance and ensure compliance with agreed scope, quality, safety, and service requirements.
• Ensure landscape machinery, tools, vehicles, and equipment are effectively utilized and maintained.
• Ensure full compliance with HSE requirements, environmental standards, PPE requirements, toolbox talks, and safe working practices.
• Coordinate closely with Nursery, Irrigation, HSE, Procurement, Finance, Logistics, Facilities, HR, and other operational teams.
• Maintain effective communication with clients and stakeholders, address operational concerns, and ensure timely resolution of service issues.
• Prepare and review daily, weekly, and monthly operational reports, including manpower, productivity, quality, plant health, resources, materials, and outstanding actions.
• Monitor operational costs and resource consumption and identify opportunities for cost optimization and productivity improvement.
• Support mobilization and operational readiness for new landscape maintenance areas and projects.
• Identify operational risks, manpower gaps, quality concerns, and resource constraints, escalating critical matters to the Senior Manager.
• Coach and develop Supervisors and field teams to strengthen technical capability, accountability, and overall team performance.
• Drive continuous improvement in landscape quality, sustainability, water efficiency, workforce productivity, and service delivery.
• Ensure all landscape maintenance activities achieve required business objectives, client expectations, contractual requirements, and quality standards.

Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in landscape maintenance management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and oversee landscape operations, ensuring high standards of quality and efficiency.
• Experience in leading and supervising field teams and managing resources effectively.
• Strong understanding of horticultural practices, plant health, and irrigation systems.
• Knowledge of HSE requirements and environmental standards in landscape operations.

Work Environment and Collaboration

This role involves extensive coordination with various internal departments, including Admin, Legal, Finance, Projects, Procurement, Compensation, IT, Marketing, Audit, and HR. The Manager will operate within a dynamic environment, contributing to sustainable development initiatives in world-class locations.