Plant Production & Nursery Operations Engineer

Confidential Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Riyadh region seeks an experienced supervisor for ornamental plant production and nursery operations. You will oversee propagation, irrigation, pest management, and resource planning to support project needs.

Ideal candidates have Gulf/arid climate experience, strong record-keeping, Excel proficiency, and leadership skills to coordinate cross-functional teams in a field-based role.

Qualifications

• Experience in ornamental plant production or nursery operations.
• Experience in the Gulf or hot arid climates.
• Proficiency in records and reporting using Excel or an inventory system.

Responsibilities

• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal production plans based on forecasts and growth cycles.
• Determine requirements for seeds, cuttings, mother plants, containers, growing media, fertilizers, pesticides, labor and space.
• Maintain records of species, batches, ages, sizes, quantities, locations, health status and movements.
• Coordinate confirmed orders, delivery dates and acceptable alternatives with Sales and Projects while preventing conflicts.
• Supervise propagation by seed, cuttings, and other methods, including pruning, staking and sale prep.
• Set irrigation and fertigation programs by species, age, season, water quality and growing medium; monitor moisture and drainage.
• Monitor growth vigor, uniformity, rooting, and success rates; implement corrective actions.
• Manage shade acclimatization and hardening before dispatch to withstand transport and landscape conditions.
• Implement integrated pest and disease management: monitoring, diagnosis, isolation, treatment and safe material use.
• Inspect plants before dispatch for size, container, root and canopy quality and pest-free status.
• Maintain sanitation of production areas, tools and propagation sources; apply quarantine when infection is suspected.
• Allocate tasks to workers, monitor productivity and train teams in safety and material use.
• Monitor irrigation networks, pumps and storage facilities; raise maintenance needs before production is affected.
• Prepare loading, sorting, tagging, packing and transport orders; coordinate with project sites to reduce plant stress.
• Issue production, inventory, mortality and delivery reports; suggest improvements to raise survival and productivity.

Skills

Plant propagation

Irrigation management

Pest management

Inventory control

Workforce leadership

Data recording

Excel

Inventory system

Tools

Excel

Inventory system

Job description

Prepare daily weekly monthly and seasonal production plans based on sales forecasts project programs and the growth cycle of each species

Determine requirements for seeds cuttings mother plants containers growing media fertilizers pesticides labor and space before each cycle begins

Maintain records of species batches ages sizes quantities locations health status movements and project reservations

Coordinate confirmed orders delivery dates and acceptable alternatives with Sales and Projects while preventing conflicting or duplicate inventory allocations

Supervise propagation by seed cuttings division and other suitable methods as well as pricking out repotting pruning staking spacing and sale preparation

Set irrigation and fertigation programs by species age season water quality and growing medium and monitor moisture salinity and drainage

Monitor growth vigor uniformity form rooting and success rates and implement timely corrective action

Manage shade acclimatization and hardening programs before dispatch so plants can withstand transport and landscape-site conditions

Implement integrated pest and disease management covering monitoring diagnosis isolation treatment documentation and safe use of materials

Analyze the root causes of mortality waste and weak growth and implement preventive and corrective actions

Inspect plants before dispatch against species size container root and canopy quality and freedom from pests or defects document acceptance or rejection

Maintain sanitation of production areas tools and propagation sources and apply quarantine and isolation practices when infection is suspected

Allocate tasks to workers and supervisors monitor productivity and quality and train teams in safe work and responsible use of materials and water

Monitor irrigation networks pumps fertigation units shade areas and storage facilities and raise maintenance needs before production is affected

Prepare loading sorting tagging packing and transport orders and coordinate with project sites to reduce waiting time and plant stress

Issue production inventory mortality consumption and delivery reports and recommend improvements that raise survival and productivity and reduce waste

Experience in ornamental plant production or nursery operationsExperience in the Gulf or hot, arid climatesPractical knowledge of propagation, fertigation, irrigation, water quality, growing media, and pest and disease managementAbility to identify landscape plant species and understand their growth requirements, commercial sizes, and delivery specificationsProficiency in records and reporting using Excel or an appropriate inventory and production systemAgricultural planning that links crop cycles to project and sales demandObservation, diagnosis, and decisions based on plant condition and operating dataWorkforce leadership, resource allocation, and productivity measurement with a strong field presenceInventory, batch traceability, and dispatch quality controlEfficient use of water, fertilizers, and materials with reduced environmental impact and wasteWorking RelationshipsInternal : Sales, Projects, Site Engineers, Procurement, Warehousing, Transport, and Maintenance.External: Plant and propagation-material suppliers, fertilizer and pesticide suppliers, laboratories, and relevant technical bodies