Landscape & Native Species Specialist — Hacienda Hotel

Responsibilities

• Maintain hacienda estate grounds: native timber trees and large specimen palms on the original hacienda land, formal garden areas around the main building, and any restoration plantings
• Develop and maintain native Yucatecan plant areas: henequén (agave sisalana) feature plantings, traditional fruit trees (mamey, guanábana, tamarind), native medicinal plants for spa use
• Manage hacienda road and access planting: avenue trees, border shrubs, and entrance feature planting that create the arrival experience
• Coordinate with hotel management on any new planting or garden development: hacienda hotels typically have long-term landscape vision
• Manage UV-resistant ground cover and lawn alternatives for large open hacienda areas — conventional lawn grass requires intensive water and struggles in the dry season
• Maintain any agricultural demonstration plots if hacienda hotel incorporates Mayan agricultural heritage (milpa) as a guest experience element

Requirements

• Knowledge of Yucatecan native and traditional agricultural plants
• Experience with estate or large-scale hacienda grounds
• Long-range landscape planning ability
• Driver's license for hacienda outside Mérida

Benefits

• IMSS, aguinaldo, paid vacation + premium
• Transport allowance MXN 500/month
• Staff canteen at the hacienda
• On-property housing available (on request)
• Training in native Yucatán plants

Work environment

Converted hacienda hotel in the Yucatán interior or outskirts of Mérida. Estate-scale native landscape management in a property where the hacienda history and native plant heritage are part of the cultural guest offer.

About the role

A Yucatán hacienda hotel sits on land that was a working agricultural estate for centuries. The ceiba that dominates the main courtyard might be 200 years old; the henequén border might mark original plantation boundaries. The landscape specialist who understands this history, who can incorporate traditional Mayan agricultural plants alongside formal garden elements, and who treats the hacienda grounds as the cultural landscape they are — is doing work that belongs to a specific place in a way that generic landscaping never does.