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Export Customs Administrator - Night Shift

Company Description

Simarco is an established, award winning provider of international logistic and freight services, and we provide a wide range of tailored solutions for clients' throughout the UK, Europe and Globally across all Worldwide trade routes.

At Simarco we understand that global trade and industry markets are continually changing and expanding to meet customer needs. That's why our logistics, air, sea/ocean freight forwarding, road haulage & distribution and warehousing solutions are not only flexible but are tailored to meet clients' individual and ever-changing requirements.

Position

Working as an Export Customs Administrator involves the preparation of Customs documentation so that UK exporters goods can exit the UK and enter the EU (and other non UK countries), whilst ensuring all legal requirements are met in accordance with HMRC regulations.

- Work as part of a team

- Recognise exporters commercial invoice(s) and packing list(s) extracting data as necessary to complete export customs declarations

- Liaising with exporters and internal operational colleagues to obtain mandatory information for export entries

- Entering export shipment details onto specialised Customs software including CHIEF, CDS, NCTS etc to allow goods to depart from the UK

- Preparation of necessary export documentation for example: Transit documents, GMR’s, French Envelope and other cargo control documents

- Ensuring the highest standards of customer service, ensuring customs entries are completed on time

- Customs compliance within the team

- Resolving any areas of non-compliance and solving problems in an effective and timely manner, for example: Customs penalty notices and adhering to the strict deadlines set by HMRC for resolution

Hours of Work

Monday - Friday

Times to be confirmed - 1 hour 'lunch' break

Requirements

Key skills and qualifications

- Excellent interpersonal skills due to engagement with various agencies on a daily basis

- Articulate and efficient with a professional approach

- Although you will work as part of a team, you need to be self-motivating and be able to organise your work effectively and maintain records.

- Ability to operate windows-based applications and any other software that is standard within the industry. Good excel skills advantageous

- Work in a fast-paced environment ensuring export clearance processes are completed in a complaint and timely manner avoiding goods departure delays

- Numerical skills essential, with excellent data handling and developing others in this area

- Customer focused, both internally with colleagues and externally with clients

- Ideally fully conversant with Customs applications such as CHIEF & NCTS

- CDS knowledge advantageous

Other information

Compensation & Benefits

- Salary dependent on experience

- Hybrid or remote working available

- 25 days annual leave increasing plus 8 bank holidays

- Discount Platform

- Full training and support

- Cycle to work scheme

- Employee assistance program

- Extensive learning opportunities

- Employee Engagement Forum

- Reward and Recognition programme

- Monthly Pay Day Treat Day

Simarco pride themselves on being a great place to work and offer great training and career development opportunities - to join the team, please apply today