About the Role
The Botanic Garden Maintenance Specialist is responsible for the specialised maintenance, environmental management, and ongoing health of botanic collections, with particular emphasis on rare, delicate, and environmentally sensitive plant species. This role ensures that greenhouses, conservatories, specialised plant zones, and associated horticulture systems maintain optimal growing conditions through systematic monitoring, preventative maintenance, and precise environmental control.
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The Specialist combines horticulture expertise with technical maintenance capabilities to manage temperature, humidity, lighting, irrigation, nutrient delivery, soil and substrate conditions, and specialised horticulture equipment. The position also implements rigorous greenhouse cleaning and sterilisation procedures, while maintaining detailed records to support the long-term health, conservation, and integrity of botanic collections.
Responsibilities
- Maintain optimal growing conditions for rare, delicate, sensitive, or high-value plant species.
- Monitor and control greenhouse or conservatory environmental conditions, including temperature, humidity, lighting, and ventilation.
- Conduct comprehensive plant-health assessments and implement appropriate corrective measures.
- Manage irrigation systems and nutrient-delivery programmes for diverse botanic collections.
- Oversee soil-health, growing-media, and substrate management for different plant requirements.
- Implement greenhouse cleaning, sanitation, sterilisation, and biosecurity procedures.
- Execute Integrated Pest Management and preventative plant-health programmes.
- Operate and maintain environmental monitoring equipment and horticulture control systems.
- Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and calibrate specialised horticulture equipment and monitoring systems.
- Maintain detailed records of plant health, environmental conditions, maintenance activities, treatments, and equipment performance.
- Develop or implement preventative and seasonal maintenance schedules for indoor and specialised botanic areas.
- Coordinate maintenance activities with horticulture teams, facilities personnel, contractors, and other technical specialists.
- Preferred experience within a botanic garden, conservatory, greenhouse complex, major public garden, research facility, or comparable specialist horticulture environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Horticulture, Botany, Plant Sciences, or a related discipline.
- Specialist training or certification in greenhouse management, controlled-environment horticulture, irrigation systems, plant health, horticulture equipment maintenance, or related disciplines is advantageous.
- Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
- Minimum 5+ years of relevant professional experience in botanic garden maintenance or a comparable horticulture environment.
- Demonstrated experience maintaining botanic gardens, greenhouses, conservatories, specialised plant collections, or similar horticulture facilities.
Benefits
- Engage in an innovative work environment with a focus on sustainability and conservation efforts.
- Opportunity to work with diverse and unique plant species.
- Collaborate with a skilled team of horticulture and environmental management professionals.
- On-going professional development opportunities in horticulture and environmental management.
