Summary
Dar Al Riyadh is seeking a Senior Landscape Architectural Engineer for technical-office reviews and coordination on a golf-course development in Riyadh. The role reviews golf shaping, grading, drainage, rootzone and turf materials, landscape packages, and clubhouse architectural and interior-fit-out submissions, while coordinating with civil, irrigation, utilities and MEP disciplines. Applicants need a relevant bachelor’s degree and at least 20 years of professional experience, including major landscape or master-development projects and golf-course design and construction. Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Land F/X, Photoshop and BIM/Revit workflows, as well as fluency in written and spoken English, is required.
The posting
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Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the technical-office review and coordination of golf-course shaping, landscape, agronomy, architectural and interior-fit-out packages.
- Review golf grading plans, digital terrain and contour models, fairway profiles, greens, tees, bunker geometry, cart paths and landscape levels against the approved master golf layout.
- Evaluate rootzone profiles, drainage layers, gravel blankets, bunker sands and other specialist golf-construction materials against applicable USGA recommendations and project specifications.
- Review soil-physics and agronomy laboratory reports, including particle-size distribution, infiltration, permeability, porosity, organic content, salinity and compatibility results.
- Review landscape planting plans, schedules, details and specifications for suitability under Riyadh’s climate, water availability and maintenance conditions.
- Evaluate nursery submissions, plant samples, certified turfgrass varieties, soil conditioners, fertilizers, mulches and desert-adapted planting materials.
- Verify the suitability of Paspalum, Bermuda and other proposed turf varieties for the intended playing surfaces, irrigation-water quality and environmental conditions.
- Review and recommend approval of clubhouse and support-building architectural shop drawings, interior fit-out packages, façade systems, finishes, doors, ceilings and related material submittals.
- Coordinate architectural and landscape interfaces with civil grading, irrigation, drainage, lake structures, retaining elements, utilities, lighting and MEP systems.
- Provide technically justified responses to contractor RFIs concerning grading, landscape-to-civil interfaces, cart-path geometry, lake edges, architectural details and material substitutions.
- Review contractor method statements for earth shaping, rootzone placement, turf establishment, grow-in, bunker construction and lining, planting and specialist architectural finishes.
- Assess contractor design alternatives, value-engineering proposals, mock-ups and samples for compliance with the approved design intent and performance requirements.
- Monitor technical submissions, review cycles, resubmissions and outstanding decisions and identify issues that may affect construction progress or quality.
- Review redline markups, as-built drawings, landscape records, planting schedules, material warranties and architectural closeout documentation before final acceptance.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Architectural Engineering or another closely related discipline from an accredited university.
- Minimum 20 years of professional experience in landscape architecture, architectural technical-office engineering and design management.
- Demonstrated experience on major landscape, resort, hospitality, leisure or master-development projects.
- Extensive technical experience involving championship or international-standard golf-course design and construction.
- Strong knowledge of golf-course shaping, grading, drainage, greens construction, bunker profiles and turfgrass establishment.
- Practical understanding of applicable USGA recommendations for greens, rootzones, drainage aggregates and specialist golf materials.
- Experience reviewing architectural shop drawings, interior fit-out packages, façade submissions and high-quality finishes.
- Strong experience evaluating laboratory reports, material submissions, mock-ups, samples and contractor method statements.
- Ability to coordinate landscape and architectural designs with civil, structural, irrigation, electrical and mechanical disciplines.
- Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Land F/X, Adobe Photoshop and BIM/Revit workflows.
- Strong technical reporting, design-review, coordination and problem-solving skills.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is mandatory.