Agricultural Engineer

Job Title: Landscape Maintenance Engineer

Location: Dubai

Job Type: Full-time

Job Summary: We are looking for a skilled Landscape Maintenance Engineer to oversee the maintenance and enhancement of outdoor spaces. The ideal candidate will have expertise in landscape management, irrigation systems, and environmental sustainability, ensuring that all landscapes are healthy, beautiful, and sustainable.

Key Responsibilities:

Plan, implement, and oversee landscape maintenance programs for various properties, including parks, commercial areas, and residential communities.
Manage and maintain irrigation systems to ensure optimal water usage and plant health.
Conduct regular inspections of landscapes to identify issues such as pest infestations, plant diseases, and soil problems.
Coordinate with landscape architects and designers to ensure alignment with design plans and specifications.
Supervise and train maintenance staff on best practices in landscaping, safety, and equipment use.
Develop and manage budgets for landscape maintenance projects.
Monitor the health and growth of plants and make recommendations for improvements or replacements.
Maintain records of maintenance activities, including scheduling, labor, and materials used.
Stay current with landscape maintenance technologies, trends, and best practices.
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.
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 manpower, 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.