Conservatory Environmental Control & Plant Health Specialist

Eram Talent; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Eram Talent seeks a Botanic Garden Maintenance Specialist to oversee specialised maintenance, environmental management, and plant-health care of botanic collections, focusing on rare and sensitive species. You will ensure greenhouses and conservatories maintain optimal growing conditions through monitoring and preventative maintenance.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or a related field, fluency in English and Arabic, and at least 5 years of relevant botanic garden

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, or related discipline.
• Specialist certification or training in greenhouse management, controlled-environment horticulture, irrigation, plant health, or horticultural equipment maintenance is advantageous.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal environmental conditions across greenhouses, conservatories, and specialised plant areas, including temperature, humidity, lighting, ventilation, and irrigation.
• Conduct regular plant-health inspections and identify signs of stress, pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental issues.
• Implement specialised care and maintenance protocols for rare, sensitive, and high-value plant collections.
• Operate, monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot irrigation, environmental control, lighting, sensors, and other horticultural systems.
• Manage irrigation and fertilisation programmes according to plant requirements, seasonal conditions, and water quality.
• Monitor soil, growing media, substrates, drainage, moisture, and root-zone conditions, and prepare or amend growing media as required.
• Implement greenhouse and conservatory cleaning, sanitation, sterilisation, and biosecurity procedures.
• Support Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and preventative plant-health programmes.

Skills

Environmental monitoring

IPM

Irrigation systems

Horticultural maintenance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Horticulture

Tools

Greenhouse controls

Environmental monitoring equipment

Job description

Eram Talent seeks a Botanic Garden Maintenance Specialist to oversee specialised maintenance, environmental management, and plant-health care of botanic collections, focusing on rare and sensitive species. You will ensure greenhouses and conservatories maintain optimal growing conditions through monitoring and preventative maintenance.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Horticulture or a related field, fluency in English and Arabic, and at least 5 years of relevant botanic garden