Manager - Landscape Maintenance

The Red Sea Development Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Red Sea Development Company seeks a senior landscape operations leader to manage day-to-day maintenance across multiple sites, ensuring high-quality softscape care, healthy plants, efficient irrigation and safe practices. You will lead Supervisors, gardeners, and field teams, plan weekly/monthly activities, and coordinate with internal stakeholders and clients.

You will ensure budgets, resources, and equipment are optimally deployed, monitor KPIs, and drive continuous improvement in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8–10 years of relevant experience in landscape maintenance or horticultural operations.
• Experience in large-scale landscaping, resorts, hospitality, facilities management, or major development projects is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of horticulture, softscape maintenance, irrigation, plant health, manpower management, operational planning, HSE, budgeting, contractor management, and client coordination.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites and areas.
• Develop weekly and monthly maintenance plans and ensure activities are completed according to schedules.
• 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 plant health and landscape quality, ensuring corrective actions for pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies and plant stress.
• Oversee irrigation performance and coordinate with irrigation teams to maintain watering schedules and improve water-use efficiency.
• Conduct regular site inspections to ensure landscape areas meet quality, presentation, and service standards.
• Review Supervisors’ daily work plans and allocate resources across sites and priority areas.
• Coordinate purchase requisitions, POs, and service requests with Procurement.
• Review invoices and contractor performance ensuring compliance with scope, safety and quality.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Horticulture

Irrigation

Operational planning

HSE compliance

Communication

Problem solving

Budgeting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Landscape Management, Landscape Architecture, Plant Production

Job description

strong Job Purpose strong

To manage and oversee landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites ensuring high-quality landscape presentation plant health irrigation performance operational efficiency HSE compliance and achievement of service standards The role is responsible for leading Supervisors and field teams managing manpower and resources monitoring operational performance and coordinating with internal stakeholders and clients to ensure effective service delivery

strong Job Responsibilities strong

Manage day-to-day landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites and areas Develop weekly and monthly maintenance plans and ensure activities are completed according to 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 ensuring corrective actions are implemented for pests diseases nutrient deficiencies plant stress and other horticultural issues Oversee irrigation performance and coordinate with irrigation teams to maintain appropriate 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 according to operational requirements Review Supervisors daily work plans and ensure resources are properly allocated 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 in serviceable condition 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 and upscale 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 the required business objectives client expectations contractual requirements and quality standards

strong Job Context strong

All departments including but not limited to Admin Legal Finance Projects Procurements Compensation IT Marketing Audit HR etc

Qualification and Experience:

Bachelor s degree in Agriculture, Horticulture, Landscape Management, Landscape Architecture, Plant Production, or a related field, with a minimum of 8-10 years of relevant experience in landscape maintenance or horticultural operations, including at least 3-5 years in a managerial or supervisory capacity. Strong experience in large-scale landscaping, resorts, hospitality, facilities management, or major development projects is preferred. The role requires strong knowledge of horticulture, softscape maintenance, irrigation, plant health, manpower management, operational planning, HSE, quality control, budgeting, contractor management, and client coordination, supported by strong leadership, communication, reporting, and problem-solving skills.

Skills:

High energy Sense of urgency Highly organized Proactive Solution (not problem) focused Personable/ friendly professionalism Great people skills Customer service focus Strong teamwork skills Excellent presentation Attention to detail/ accuracy. Professional written and verbal communication