Lead Golf Course Landscape Engineer

DAR AL RIYADH; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

DAR AL RIYADH seeks a Senior Landscape Construction Supervisor to oversee field execution of golf-course features in Riyadh. You will verify coordinates, elevations, and grading against approved drawings with the course shaper and architect, ensuring high-end quality throughout construction.

You will supervise turf establishment, drainage, hardscape, and architectural finishes, coordinate with irrigation, and manage nonconforming works and inspections to deliver a premiere landscape project.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Agriculture/Agronomy Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of site-based supervision experience in high-end landscaping and architectural construction.
• Experience with engineering supervision or project-management consultancy.
• Experience supervising golf-course developments, luxury resorts or large landscape projects.
• Practical knowledge of golf-course shaping, grading, drainage, greens, tees, bunkers and cart-path construction.
• Understanding USGA recommendations for greens, rootzones, drainage aggregates and bunker materials.
• Experience supervising warm-season turf establishment, arid-climate planting.
• Experience inspecting premium architectural finishes, façades and fit-out works.
• Ability to interpret landscape, architectural, grading, irrigation and civil drawings.
• Experience processing inspections and maintaining quality records; managing nonconforming work.
• Strong site coordination, reporting, problem-solving and contractor-management.

Responsibilities

• Supervise field execution and shaping of greens, tees, fairways, bunkers, mounds, roughs and other features.
• Verify coordinates, elevations, slopes, contours, drainage and grading tolerances against drawings and design intent.
• Supervise construction of USGA-type green profiles including subgrade, drainage and rootzone placement.
• Inspect bunker formation, drainage, lining systems and sand placement.
• Monitor rootzone, gravel, bunker sand, and soil placement and compaction methods.
• Supervise turf sprigging, seeding, or sodding, watering and initial fertilization.
• Inspect trees, shrubs, groundcovers and desert-adapted planting works.
• Monitor irrigation coverage and sprinkler levels; coordinate irrigation components.
• Inspect hardscape installations including paths, walls, decking, curbs and signage.
• Supervise clubhouse finishes and architectural details; compare with shop drawings and samples.
• Process requests for inspection and maintain inspection records and photos.
• Identify defects or nonconforming works and enforce corrective actions.
• Conduct snagging and pre-handover inspections and support as-built documentation.

Skills

Site supervision

Contractor management

Reporting & documentation

English fluency

Civil drawings interpretation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture / Architectural Engineering / Agriculture/Agronomy Engineering

Job description

DAR AL RIYADH seeks a Senior Landscape Construction Supervisor to oversee field execution of golf-course features in Riyadh. You will verify coordinates, elevations, and grading against approved drawings with the course shaper and architect, ensuring high-end quality throughout construction.

You will supervise turf establishment, drainage, hardscape, and architectural finishes, coordinate with irrigation, and manage nonconforming works and inspections to deliver a premiere landscape project.