Senior Associate / Assistant Manager, Horticulture

Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is seeking a horticulturist to maintain and enhance the airport's greenery. The role focuses on planning, supervising maintenance works, plant selection, and ensuring attractive, healthy landscapes across the airport.

You will inspect sites, address plant health issues, work with contractors, and support sustainability initiatives. Onsite work in indoor and outdoor spaces, with a keen aesthetic sense and proactive collaboration with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Degree in Horticulture, Plant Science, Landscape Management, Environmental Science, or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning and supervision of horticultural and landscape maintenance works across the airport.
• Curate and refresh landscape displays through plant selection, arrangement and replacement.
• Conduct regular site inspections to assess plant health, landscape quality, cleanliness, and overall presentation.
• Identify plant health issues, pests and diseases, and maintenance needs, and work with contractors and colleagues to address them.
• Support landscape improvement projects, including planting trials and sustainability initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety requirements and good horticultural practices.

Skills

Plant care knowledge

Soil conditions

Pests and diseases

Horticultural maintenance practices

Education

Degree in Horticulture / related discipline

Job description

The gardens and greenery across Changi Airport are a big part of what travellers remember. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with plants and landscapes, has a keen sense of aesthetics, and takes pride in maintaining attractive, healthy, and well-curated green spaces.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning and supervision of horticultural and landscape maintenance works across the airport
• Curate and refresh landscape displays through plant selection, arrangement and replacement
• Conduct regular site inspections to assess plant health, landscape quality, cleanliness, and overall presentation
• Identify plant health issues, pests and diseases, and maintenance needs, and work with contractors and colleagues to address them
• Support landscape improvement projects, including planting trials and sustainability initiatives
• Ensure compliance with workplace safety requirements and good horticultural practices

Requirements

• Degree in Horticulture, Plant Science, Landscape Management, Environmental Science, or a related discipline
• At least 2 years of relevant experience in horticulture, landscape maintenance or nursery operations
• Good knowledge of plant care, soil conditions, pests and diseases, and horticultural maintenance practices
• An eye for landscape curation and plant selection
• Comfortable working onsite, both indoor and outdoor environments
• Proactive, observant, keen to learn, and work well with different stakeholders

If you’re passionate about horticulture and want to play a part in shaping one of the world’s leading airports, we’d love to hear from you.