Senior Landscape Architectural Engineer

Dar Al Riyadh Group; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Dar Al Riyadh Group is seeking a senior Landscape/Golf Course Construction Supervisor to oversee field execution of greens, tees, bunkers, and associated features on prestigious golf-course projects in Saudi Arabia. The role requires strong supervision of grade, drainage, irrigation and architectural finishes, with a focus on quality, safety and timely delivery.

Minimum 10 years’ site-based supervision experience on high-end landscaping and large-scale landscape development projects, with proven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Agriculture/Agronomy Engineering or another closely related discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years of site-based supervision experience in high-end landscaping and architectural construction.
• Proven experience supervising golf-course developments, sports fields, luxury resorts or comparable large-scale landscape projects.

Responsibilities

• Supervise field execution of greens, tees, bunkers and other golf-course features.
• Verify feature coordinates, elevations, slopes, contours, drainage and grading tolerances against approved drawings and design intent.
• Supervise construction of USGA-type green profiles, including subgrade prep, drainage, rootzone placement and final grading.
• Inspect bunker formation, drainage, sand placement and transitions to adjacent surfaces.
• Monitor rootzone, gravel, bunker sand and soil placement and ensure approved materials and compaction methods.
• Oversee turf sprigging, seeding or sodding, establishment watering and mowing.
• Inspect planting works and establishment care for trees, shrubs and desert-adapted species.
• Monitor irrigation coverage, sprinkler levels and coordination with turf and finished landscape levels.
• Inspect hardscape installations and architectural finishes including signage and site furniture.
• Supervise clubhouse finishes and architectural joinery, ensuring consistency with shop drawings and samples.
• Process inspection requests and maintain accurate quality-control records.
• Identify nonconforming work and enforce timely corrective actions.
• Conduct snagging and pre-handover inspections and support as-built verifications.

Skills

Golf course supervision

Landscape architecture

Site coordination

Contractor management

Reading drawings

Education

Bachelor's in Landscape Architecture or related field

Tools

CAD software

Job description

• Supervise the field execution and final shaping of greens, tees, fairways, bunkers, mounds, roughs and other golf-course features with the Golf Course Shaper and golf-course architect.
• Verify feature coordinates, elevations, slopes, contours, drainage falls and grading tolerances against approved drawings, survey data and design intent.
• Supervise the construction of USGA-type green profiles, including subgrade preparation, herringbone drainage, gravel layers, intermediate layers where specified, rootzone placement and final grading.
• Inspect bunker formation, drainage, lining systems, sand placement, face slopes, edges and transitions to adjacent playing surfaces.
• Monitor rootzone, gravel, bunker sand and soil placement and confirm that approved materials, layer thicknesses and compaction methods are used.
• Supervise turf sprigging, seeding or sodding, establishment watering, initial fertilization, mowing and agronomic grow-in activities.
• Inspect tree, shrub, groundcover and desert-adapted planting works, including soil preparation, planting pits, staking, mulching and establishment care.
• Monitor irrigation coverage, sprinkler levels and the coordination of irrigation components with turf, planting and finished landscape levels.
• Inspect hardscape installations, including cart paths, retaining walls, bridges, timber decking, kerbs, paving, steps, course signage and architectural site furniture.
• Supervise clubhouse and auxiliary-building architectural finishes, including walls, floors, ceilings, doors, joinery, façade elements and specialist decorative works.
• Compare installed finishes with approved shop drawings, samples, mock-ups, material submissions and architectural design requirements.
• Process landscape and architectural Requests for Inspection and maintain accurate inspection, testing, photographic and quality-control records.
• Identify defective, damaged or nonconforming works, issue observations or nonconformance reports and enforce timely corrective actions.
• Conduct snagging and pre-handover inspections and support the verification of as-built drawings, warranties, maintenance information and closeout documentation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Agriculture/Agronomy Engineering or another closely related discipline from an accredited university.
• Minimum 10 years of site-based supervision experience in high-end landscaping and architectural construction.
• Demonstrated experience working for an engineering supervision consultancy or project-management consultancy.
• Proven experience supervising golf-course developments, sports fields, luxury resorts or comparable large-scale landscape projects.
• Practical knowledge of golf-course shaping, grading, drainage, greens, tees, bunkers and cart-path construction.
• Understanding of applicable USGA recommendations for green profiles, rootzones, drainage aggregates and bunker materials.
• Experience supervising warm-season turf establishment, grow-in and arid-climate planting.
• Experience inspecting premium architectural finishes, façade elements, fit-out works and approved mock-ups.
• Ability to interpret landscape, architectural, grading, irrigation and civil drawings.
• Experience processing inspections, maintaining quality records and managing nonconforming work.
• Strong site coordination, reporting, problem-solving and contractor-management skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.