LANDSCAPE ENGINEER
JOB DESCRIPTION
A Landscaping Company is seeking a Motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our team as a Landscape Maintenance Engineer. This position offers the opportunity to gain valuable experience in both landscape maintenance and environmental management within a dynamic company environment.
IRRIGATION AND PLANT MAINTENANCE
- Sound knowledge of irrigation systems, irrigation pump sets, pipes, tanks, timers, and related accessories.
- Fertilizer & foliage applications.
- Herbicides, fungicides & pesticides.
- Seasonal flower planting & maintenance.
- Lawn management.
- Ground cover maintenance.
- Indoor & aquatic plant maintenance.
- Palm tree maintenance & pollination.
- Overall maintenance and installation management of softscape.
HORTICULTURAL PRACTICES
- Knowledge of horticultural practices, specifically for large-scale hard and soft landscape works common to the Gulf region.
- Experience in taking over landscaping from existing contractors and identifying current defects.
MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND EXECUTION
- Ability to prepare and execute maintenance schedules and plans for softscape.
- Capable of preparing weekly, monthly, incident, and condition survey reports on softscape.
TURF AND LANDSCAPE QUALITY MANAGEMENT
- Ensure recreational ground turfs are maintained to the highest quality, with necessary rectifications, modifications, and enhancements highlighted in monthly reports.
INVENTORY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- Create and maintain an inventory for landscaping materials and replenish them once the threshold is reached.
SOIL, PLANT, AND TREE CONDITION ASSESSMENT
- Provide recommendations on soil, plant, and tree conditions.
- Determine types and quantities of horticultural plants to be grown based on budgets.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND COORDINATION
- Provide technical support to other related departments for landscaping.
- Communicate and coordinate with other departments through various methods.
SERVICE PROVIDER EVALUATION:
- Conduct monthly evaluations for service providers using KPIs and SLAs.
PROJECT SUPPORT:
- Perform snagging, site surveys, BOQ preparation, and provide required support for the estimations team.
- Address potential issues of irrigation construction in weekly, monthly, and site coordination meetings.
REQUIRED MANAGERIAL & LEADERSHIP SKILLS
- Good interpersonal skills
- Meet with Clients on a regular basis to ensure work is carried out
- Proven ability to perform in a site supervision role.
- Must be knowledgeable of current landscape practices and how to best implement it on the project.
- Develop and maintains positive relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers and team members
- Monitor routine maintenance and progress on reported deficiencies and ensure that maintenance is of good standard that ensures the viability and continued success of the installation and that issues are reported and addressed.
- Resource management (manpower and materials)
- Management of suppliers of materials for timely delivery.
- Treats client’s environment as if it were our own
- Exceeds client expectations to earn loyalty, trust, and referrals
- Control and manage man, machinery and material to achieve optimum efficiency;
- Check and measure the performed work in his line of work,
OHS RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ensure that all crew working under them, foreman, team leaders, gardeners etc… are aware of and work in accordance with the company HSE plan and client’s HSE standards.
- Ensures that the work carried out by the workers and other related activities are per the safety regulation and client’s standard.
- Implementation of a safe working culture and practice
- Ensure to holds pre-job (Toolbox Talk) meeting before starting all type of risk involved activities.
- Investigate all incidents and near miss cases with the help of HSE Engineer.
- Give strict instructions to supervisors and team leaders in implementing HSE policy.
- Report to operations manager and HSE Engineer regarding all incidents and unsafe conditions.
- Ensure the maintenance of all vehicles /plants/equipment
- Initiate the necessary disciplinary measures for violation of safety procedures of the site.
- Initiate the change of existing safety /operation procedure, if it is required.
- Attend the audits and OSH meeting and OSH committee with OM and HSE engineer.
REQUIRED COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS
- Must be computer literate and able to utilize computer technology to access data, maintain records, generate reports, etc.
- Worked in Auto CAD software
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Must be fluent in English both written and spoken
- Knowledge about any landscape management software’s/CAFM/Asset Management will be added advantage
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE
- Arabic speaking candidates preferred
- Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture Engineering preferred
- Minimum 6-8 Years Landscape Maintenance experience (Soft & Hard landscaping and Irrigation & Water feature systems) is a must.
- Only People with UAE experience apply for the job.
- Candidate with Landscape Project Experience involving Soft/Hard landscaping, Irrigation & Water feature systems will get preferences.
SALARY & BENEFITS
- Salary AED 6,000 to 8,000 Based on the Experience
- Visa, Health insurance, Yearly Air ticket, Leave Salary, gratuity.
- Opportunities for professional development and advancement.
- Positive and supportive work environment
- Company car provided with petrol to cover the company purpose