Horticulturalist (Indoor and Outdoor Gardens) Saudi Arabia

About this role

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.
Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, or a related discipline.

• Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens: Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Assistant Horticulturalist – Outdoor Gardens: Minimum 3+ years of relevant professional experience.

• Strong practical knowledge of horticulture, plant care, cultivation, and maintenance.

• Experience in indoor gardens, conservatories, glasshouses, botanic gardens, public gardens, nurseries, landscapes, or similar environments.

• Experience with planting, pruning, propagation, watering, fertilisation, mulching, and plant replacement.

• Knowledge of plant identification and plant-health management.

• Experience identifying and managing common pests, diseases, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental stresses.

• Knowledge or experience in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

• Experience with irrigation and water-management practices.

• Knowledge of soil preparation, growing media, fertilisation, and plant nutrition.

• For the Indoor Gardens position, experience managing controlled indoor growing environments including light, temperature, and humidity is required.

• Experience maintaining plant records, inventories, and maintenance documentation.

• Ability to safely use and maintain horticulture tools and equipment.

• Strong teamwork, communication, planning, and problem-solving skills.

• Previous experience in a botanic garden, conservatory, glasshouse, public garden, arboretum, nursery, or major landscape environment is preferred.

• Additional training or professional certification in horticulture, plant health, IPM, irrigation, or related areas is an advantage.

• Master’s degree in a relevant discipline is preferred for the Horticulturalist – Indoor Gardens position.