Manager - Landscape Maintenance

Red Sea Global; Umluj; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Sea Global is seeking a seasoned Landscape Manager to lead maintenance across our Umluj sites. You will oversee Supervisors and field teams, drive plant health, irrigation performance, and HSE compliance while delivering high-quality landscapes and client satisfaction.

The role requires 8–10 years in landscape operations, strong leadership, budgeting, and contractor management, with a focus on sustainability and water efficiency across large-scale hospitality developments.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of landscape maintenance or horticultural operations experience.
• Managerial or supervisory experience in large-scale landscaping or hospitality projects.
• Strong knowledge of horticulture, irrigation, and quality control practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day landscape maintenance operations across assigned sites.
• Develop weekly and monthly maintenance plans and ensure activities align with schedules.
• Lead Supervisors, technical teams, gardeners, and field staff.
• Oversee softscape and horticultural activities: pruning, mowing, planting, fertilization, weeding.
• Monitor plant health and landscape quality; address pests and nutrient deficiencies.
• Coordinate irrigation performance and water-use efficiency with irrigation teams.
• Review daily work plans and allocate resources across sites.
• Monitor KPIs, work orders, and client observations; implement corrective actions.
• Manage procurement for plants, fertilizers, chemicals, and tools; track invoices.
• Ensure compliance with HSE requirements and safety practices.
• Coach Supervisors and teams to improve technical capability and accountability.
• Drive continuous improvement in landscape quality and productivity.

Skills

High energy

Sense of urgency

Highly organized

Proactive

Solution focused

People skills

Customer service

Teamwork

Presentation

Attention to detail

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's in Agriculture/Horticulture

Job description

Job description:

Redefining Sustainability | Innovating for the Future | Creating a Lasting Impact

Botanica is a subsidiary of Red Sea Global and is part of the Red Sea Global’ s destinations ensuring careful integration of new species with local flora.

As a subsidiary, Botanica benefits from shared strategic goals and collaborative initiatives within the Red Sea Global group of companies, enhancing our ability to serve our clients effectively.

Spanning over 1 million square meters, driving our planet-first approach to sustainability. Since 2020, we have cultivated over 5 million plants, with an ambitious goal of 30 million by 2030, shaping the natural landscapes of The Red Sea & Amaala. With a team of passionate professionals—40% from the local community—and an unwavering commitment to ecological harmony, we are pioneering new global benchmarks in sustainable development.

Why Join Us?

• Sustainability at Scale: Be part of a project that’s transforming landscapes and preserving biodiversity.
• Innovate & Grow: Work with industry experts in a fast-evolving environment.
• Global Recognition: Join a company shaping the future of sustainable tourism and development.
• Work in a Natural Paradise: Contribute to world-class projects in breathtaking locations.

Be the Change. Join the World’s Most Visionary Developer

Job Purpose:

• 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.

Job 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 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 escal ...
• 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.

Job Requirements:

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

Job Context:

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