Location: Stevenage (fully onsite)
Duration: 12 month contract
Rate: £28.86ph - £30.20ph UMB (Inside IR35)
Role details:
Our client, a leading defence company, are looking for an experienced Shipping Officer to join their team on a contract basis. This role is pivotal in ensuring the timely and efficient handling of import and export shipping operations, including complex export/customs documentation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare export documentation and will have good knowledge of incoterms, tariff codes and CPC codes.
- Liaise with the export control team, local customs officers, and freight forwarders.
- Deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business.
- Arrange and oversee all export shipments from site to global destinations by road or air.
- Create and manage documentation required for export deliveries, including transport documents, hazardous goods notes, customs formalities.
- Ensure topicality of Export Register, Transport Registers, Hazardous Goods Register.
- Arrange UK and International transport movements. This also includes liaising closely with Security and Export control departments.
- Assist Export Control Department in compliance with regards to Export Licences.
- Maintain topicality with all transport legislation up to and including prohibited product level.
- Identify process improvements to create an efficient and cost effective service.
- Day to day knowledge of all movements from site.
- Keeping up to date with the archiving and scanning.
- General day to day housekeeping, ensuring any required administrative duties are completed for each shipment, ensuring we are audit compliant at all times.
- The successful candidate would be expected to undertake Known consignor training and remain compliant to the controls put in place.
What we are looking for in you:
- Experience in export/customs, with robust knowledge of export legislation
- Experience preparing paperwork for export
- Proficient in SAP and strong knowledge of Excel and Microsoft applications
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Organised with excellent time management skills
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt communication style for effective service delivery
- Experience within an engineering/manufacturing organisation
Interested? Apply today via the link provided!
