Are you an experienced landscaping professional with a passion for leading teams and maintaining world-class outdoor environments? Do you thrive in a hands-on leadership role where quality, organization, and attention to detail make a visible impact every day?

Blue Bay Curaçao Golf & Beach Resort is seeking an experienced Landscaping Manager to lead our Landscaping team. In this role, you will oversee daily landscaping operations, coordinate maintenance projects, manage resources and budgets, and ensure our grounds and gardens are maintained to the highest standards. Your leadership will help create beautiful, safe, and welcoming outdoor spaces for our residents and guests.

If you have a proven track record in landscaping management and enjoy leading teams to deliver exceptional results, we'd love to hear from you.

The position

• Managing and leading the Landscaping team.

• Supervising and participating in daily landscaping activities, including planting, pruning, watering, and maintenance.

• Planning and coordinating workforce schedules and daily task allocation.

• Organizing routine and seasonal garden maintenance throughout the resort.

• Ensuring the cleanliness, appearance, and quality of all outdoor areas.

• Inspecting completed work and maintaining quality standards.

• Coaching, motivating, and developing gardeners and landscaping supervisors.

• Supporting onboarding and training of new team members.

• Monitoring the use of materials, equipment, time, and resources.

• Coordinating landscaping projects, maintenance tasks, and improvement initiatives.

• Working closely with other departments to align operational activities.

• Managing homeowner and client requests and providing appropriate follow-up.

• Supporting sustainability initiatives and continuous improvements.

• Ensuring compliance with safety regulations and best practices.

• And more!

Your profile

• Completed MBO-level education in Gardening, Landscaping, or a related field.

• Relevant practical experience in landscaping and garden maintenance.

• Knowledge of landscaping regulations, horticultural practices, and safety standards.

• Strong technical knowledge of plant care and landscaping techniques.

• Proven leadership and team management skills.

• Experience managing budgets, materials, equipment, and manpower.

• Strong organizational and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment.

• Detail-oriented with a proactive approach.

• Able to work flexible and irregular hours when required.

• Proficient in English; Dutch, Spanish, and/or Papiamentu are considered a plus.

We offer you

• An attractive salary.

• Prospect of a permanent agreement.

• A great team.  
  

Blue Bay Curaçao is a fast-growing organization that focuses on project development, lot sales, renting out holiday bungalows and exploiting the beach. In addition, we have an 18-hole golf course, located in a natural environment formed by hills, sea and beach. The atmosphere within Blue Bay is characterized as flexible, vibrant, inspiring and challenging. Blue Bay consists of the Services, F&B, Golf, Development and Accommodations departments. These are supported by the Finance, IT, HR and Resort Marketing departments.

A little history about us

Understandably, many think that the name Blue Bay was chosen because of the striking blue water in the bay. The truth is that this beautiful part of Curaçao was already named ‘Blaauwbaai’ (Blue Bay in Dutch), after Anno Blaauw, the owner at the time. He grew limes, oranges and – to make the name even more appropriate – the blue pigment indigo.

Over the years, the plantation has had its share of different owners. In 1800, it was occupied and plundered by French pirates. In the 20th century, it became the property of the Jacobs family, who used it as a farm. During the Second World War, American soldiers manned cannons at Blue Bay to shoot at German submarines.

The master plan of Blue Bay Resort dates back to 1990, when a local development group purchased the plantation from the Jacobs family and built the first infrastructure. In 1997, developer Steve Raspoort saw the area’s enormous potential. Step by step, he established a thriving resort and golf course. Steve Raspoort passed away in 2007, but his family continued realizing his dream to create a welcoming place where life is enjoyed to the fullest. Blue Bay has since grown to become a household name on Curaçao and in the Caribbean.