Horticulturalist (Indoor and Outdoor Gardens) Saudi Arabia

We are looking for qualified and experienced horticulture professionals to join the KAUST Beacon Development team and support the development and maintenance of high-quality indoor and outdoor garden environments. Positions • Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens – 5+ years’ experience • Assistant Horticulturalist – Outdoor Gardens – 3+ years’ experience Responsibilities • Plan and carry out daily horticulture activities across indoor and outdoor garden environments. • Plant, establish, maintain, prune, propagate, replace, and care for a wide range of plants. • Maintain trees, shrubs, groundcovers, herbaceous plants, seasonal displays, and indoor plant collections. • Monitor plant health and identify pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, water stress, and environmental issues. • Implement and support Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies. • Monitor and manage irrigation, watering, fertilisation, soil/media, and growing conditions. • Maintain high horticultural, aesthetic, cleanliness, and presentation standards. • Support seasonal planting and garden maintenance programmes. • Assist with plant identification, labelling, inventory, collection records, and maintenance records. • Monitor indoor environmental conditions including light, temperature, and humidity where applicable. • Maintain and safely operate horticulture tools and equipment. • Identify and report damaged, declining, hazardous, or poorly performing plants. • Support routine and preventive horticulture maintenance activities. • Work collaboratively with horticulturists, gardeners, botanists, landscape teams, irrigation personnel, contractors, and other garden operations teams. • Maintain clean, organised, and safe horticulture work areas. • Follow all applicable health, safety, environmental, biosecurity, and horticulture procedures.