Company Profile
City of Houston - HR
Company Overview
The General Services Department’s (GSD) mission is to provide leadership and best practices in real estate, design, construction, property management, and security to City departments and residents in a safe, reliable, and fiscally responsible manner. GSD is client-focused, customer responsive and committed to excellence.
GSD is an internal service department within the City of Houston. GSD ensures that other City departments have the necessary facilities, workspaces and resources to accomplish their business objectives. GSD provides building operations for nearly 400 facilities - over 8 million square feet of occupied space, management of major maintenance and capital improvement projects, security, real estate and administration of the City’s $350 million 5-year capital improvement program. To ensure these critical services are provided GSD has 292 employees and an annual budget of $66.2 million.
Company History
Home to a respected and energetic cultural arts scene, celebrated restaurants featuring flavors from 35 countries, world-renowned theater groups and the brains behind U.S. space exploration, Houston is a diverse metropolis brimming with personality.
With a revitalized Downtown and expanded meeting facilities, Houston offers a cosmopolitan setting for all conventions and meetings. From Downtown's George R. Brown Convention Center and the adjacent Hilton Americas-Houston to the multi-building NRG Park campus, Houston offers superior meeting venues. Plus, the convenient METRORail connects Downtown with the Museum District, the Texas Medical Center and NRG Park, making it easy to travel within the city.
And when the meeting is over, be ready to play. Houston hosts 21,000 concerts, plays, exhibitions and other arts programs annually, giving visitors access to a wide variety of cultural programs. On any given night, it's a safe bet that there's a show somewhere in Houston's Theater District. The 17-block area is home to Houston's resident performance companies including the symphony, opera, drama and ballet. Tucked between the bustling Midtown and Medical Center areas, rests Houston's leafy, park-like Museum District. Nineteen world-class institutions, including the Menil Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Houston Museum of Natural Science are clustered in this area, drawing a reported seven million visitors to the district each year.
The fourth-largest city in the country is also the most diverse, with significant Asian, Hispanic, Indian and other populations. Project Row Houses, The Ensemble Theatre and The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum are all devoted to showcasing African-American history and culture in the community. Talento Bilingue de Houston is one of the largest Latino cultural centers in the United States, and the Chinatown area showcases Houston's expanding Asian community.
Houston's restaurant scene is as ethnically diverse as its 4 million residents. ForbesTraveler.com ranked Houston as one of the best restaurant cities in America. The city is jam-packed with more than 10,000 tempting eateries that feature culinary flavors from more than 35 countries. Houston is also one of the greenest cities in the nation with more than 50,000 acres of total park space, including the recently revitalized 160-acre Buffalo Bayou Park on the western edge of Downtown.
Come experience a welcoming destination that mixes Texas culture and Southern charm.