Senior Associate - Landscape Engineer

Role Overview

Landscaping Operations and Providers

• Manage hardscape and softscape landscaping operations across common areas.
• Oversee appointed landscaping service providers against SLAs, contract requirements, and best practices.
• Review manpower requirements and recommend amendments to optimize operations.
• Monitor contractor performance, identify gaps, and drive continuous service improvement.

Inspections and Maintenance

• Inspect landscaped areas, irrigation systems, lighting, water features, and outdoor furniture for maintenance needs, defects, and safety concerns.
• Coordinate preventive, reactive, and corrective works for planting, irrigation, soil treatment, turf, pruning, pest control, and hardscape repairs.
• Manage work orders, liaise with vendors, and ensure timely and quality service execution.

Projects and Stakeholders

• Support landscaping enhancements, refurbishments, replanting, irrigation upgrades, and seasonal beautification from planning through handover.
• Address landscaping inquiries from residents, tenants, and stakeholders and provide updates on works, improvements, and disruptions.

Sustainability and Assets

• Monitor irrigation water consumption and support water-saving, efficient irrigation, and sustainable landscaping initiatives.
• Monitor inventory of plants, materials, equipment, tools, and consumables and support procurement planning.

Compliance and QHSE

• Ensure compliance with environmental regulations, health and safety standards, and Modon Community Management policies.
• Lead QHSE procedures aligned with ISO 45001, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 standards.
• Ensure hazard identification, risk assessment, controls, incident reporting, investigations, audits, and corrective actions are completed.

Emergency Readiness and Reporting

• Support emergency readiness for outdoor areas, access routes, assembly points, and landscape-related risks.
• Maintain landscaping records and prepare reports on condition, maintenance, KPIs, water usage, and service provider performance.
• Assist the Senior Manager - Technical with periodic landscaping management and performance reports.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Engineering, Agriculture/Horticulture Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5–8 years of relevant landscaping services experience, preferably in mixed-use developments or large-scale communities.
• Knowledge of landscaping systems, local authority regulations, environmental standards, CAFM tools, MS Office, and reporting tools.
• AutoCAD proficiency is preferred; relevant UAE landscaping, irrigation, sustainability, or environmental certifications are advantageous.