Landscape Engineer

Job Title: Landscape Engineer

Company: Petrascape Location: Al Ain Type: Full-time

About the Role

Petrascape is seeking a highly competent and proactive Landscape Engineer who understands the full spectrum of the landscape industry — from the drawing board to site execution. We are looking for a professional with a true landscaping mentality: someone who combines design aesthetics with practical engineering, prices work accurately, gets submittals approved, and carries a project from first measurement to final handover.

You will not just be drafting. You will be taking charge of projects, managing client relationships, and ensuring that what is designed is practical, executable, and approved.

Key Responsibilities

• Design & Technical Drafting: Create detailed hardscape and softscape designs, working drawings and shop drawings using AutoCAD.
• Quotations & Costing: Prepare BOQs, material take-offs and priced quotations that are accurate and commercially sound.
• Material Submittals: Prepare, submit and follow through material submittals and specifications until they are approved by the client or consultant.
• Client Management: Act as the primary technical point of contact. Present designs, justify technical decisions, and handle client concerns with authority and professionalism.
• Project Ownership: Take full responsibility for your assigned projects, coordinating with site teams so that timelines are met and quality is maintained.
• Technical Problem Solving: Resolve issues that arise during design and approval. You must understand how the work is actually built on site so that your designs are realistic and executable.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Landscape Architecture or Landscape Engineering. This is a landscape specialist role — general civil engineering or architecture degrees are not a substitute.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience in the UAE landscaping market, including the submittal and approval workflow with UAE clients and consultants.
• Software: Expert-level proficiency in AutoCAD is mandatory. SketchUp, Lumion or other 3D software is a strong advantage.
• Commercial Skills: Proven ability to prepare material submittals, BOQs and priced quotations independently.
• Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of hardscape construction, irrigation systems, softscape and plant selection for UAE conditions, and landscape lighting — the engineering behind the aesthetics.
• Languages: Professional fluency in both English and Arabic, written and spoken.
• Residency: A valid, transferable UAE Residency Visa, or a Golden/Freelance visa. Due to current administrative delays with new quota approvals, we are unable to process new entry visas at this time.
• Licence: Valid UAE driving licence.
• Attributes: Decisive, organised, and capable of working without constant supervision.

About Petrascape

Petrascape has delivered landscaping and grounds maintenance across Al Ain and Abu Dhabi since 2003 — over 1,000 completed projects, ISO and ICV certified. Our work spans villa gardens, swimming pools, irrigation networks, commercial grounds and FIFA-standard football pitches.

How to Apply

Apply through Indeed, or at petrascape.org/careers. Please attach your CV together with a portfolio of your AutoCAD work and previous projects — applications without work samples are given lower priority.

Please do not call, WhatsApp, text or visit the office regarding this position. Any attempt to contact us directly will disqualify the application.

Job Type: Full-time

Application Question(s):

• Which AutoCAD version do you use, and what do you draw in it day to day? List the last three landscape drawings you produced yourself.
• Describe your experience with material submittals, quotations and BOQs, and irrigation flow calculations and calculation sheets. Give one real example of each — what you prepared, for which project, and whether it was approved.
• What is your expected monthly salary in AED.

Experience:

• Landscape: 3 years (Required)

Language:

• English (Required)
• Arabic (Required)

Location:

• Al-Ayn (Preferred)

Work Location: In person