Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Senior Landscape Architectural Engineer for site-based supervision in Riyadh. The role oversees golf-course and landscape works, including shaping, grading, drainage, turf establishment, planting, irrigation and hardscape, as well as architectural finishes. Applicants need a related bachelor’s degree, at least 10 years of site supervision experience, relevant large-scale project experience and fluency in written and spoken English. The position also requires inspection records, quality control and coordination with contractors.
The posting
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Key Responsibilities:
- 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.
Minimum Requirements:
- 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.