Air Logistics Specialist

Aston Carter; Mount Hope; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking an experienced Logistics Specialist based in Mount Hope, ON, to manage end-to-end movement of aircraft parts and related items across stations, suppliers, and maintenance locations.

You will select optimal freight modes, reduce costs, ensure compliance with customs and aviation regulations, and collaborate with Maintenance, Materials, Procurement, and carriers to resolve delays and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• MUST HAVE: Minimum five years of experience Air freight forwarding logistics experience
• MUST HAVE: Post-secondary degree, diploma, or certificate in supply chain, logistics, transportation, international trade, aviation management, business, (CCS, CIFFA, CITT)
• MUST HAVE: Aviation, airline, aerospace, MRO, aircraft parts, AOG, or time-critical logistics experience is strongly preferred.
• MUST HAVE: Experience working with customs documentation and import/export processes
• Advanced Excel skills including: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Data analysis and reporting

Responsibilities

• Coordinate domestic, transborder, and international shipments, including air, ground, courier, expedited, oversized, multimodal, AOG, and time-critical movements.
• Select the most appropriate freight mode, carrier, route, and service level based on urgency, operational impact, delivery requirement, and total cost.
• Validate freight, broker, courier, and carrier invoices against quotations, contracts, rate cards, shipment records, and service levels.
• Track shipments from sourcing, repair, or purchase order through pickup, transit, customs clearance, delivery, receipt, and closure.
• Improve shipment visibility, tracking processes, dashboards, escalation procedures, routing guides, and standard operating procedures.

Skills

air freight

freight forwarder

Supply chain

Freight

logistics

excel pivot tables

mro

mrp system

Transportation

aircraft on ground

dangerous goods

sap

Education

Post-secondary degree or certificate in supply chain/logistics

Job description

Description

• Ensure timely, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective movement of aircraft parts, rotables, consumables, engines, tooling, and ground support equipment across all stations, suppliers, repair vendors, and maintenance locations.
• Coordinate domestic, transborder, and international shipments, including air, ground, courier, expedited, oversized, multimodal, AOG, and time-critical movements.
• Select the most appropriate freight mode, carrier, route, and service level based on urgency, operational impact, delivery requirement, and total cost.
• Actively reduce freight, customs, brokerage, storage, demurrage, expedited shipping, accessorial, and other logistics-related costs.
• Validate freight, broker, courier, and carrier invoices against quotations, contracts, rate cards, shipment records, and service levels.
• Identify and recover billing errors, duplicate charges, incorrect accessorial, avoidable premium freight, and non-compliant routing costs.
• Track shipments from sourcing, repair, or purchase order through pickup, transit, customs clearance, delivery, receipt, and closure.
• Improve shipment visibility, tracking processes, dashboards, escalation procedures, routing guides, and standard operating procedures.
• Proactively resolve shipment delays, customs issues, documentation gaps, routing problems, carrier failures, and delivery exceptions.
• Ensure compliance with customs, import/export, dangerous goods, trade, aviation, and shipping documentation requirements.
• Provide guidance on HS codes, tariff classification, country of origin, Incoterms, valuation, free trade agreements, and repair-and-return shipments.
• Manage day-to-day coordination with Maintenance, Materials, Procurement, Stores, Finance, suppliers, repair vendors, freight forwarders, customs brokers, carriers, and station teams.
• Support carrier, broker, and freight forwarder performance reviews, rate optimization, contract improvements, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Analyze logistics data and report on freight spend, customs costs, on-time delivery, shipment exceptions, premium freight usage, billing discrepancies, carrier performance, and savings opportunities.
• Support routine, urgent, and AOG logistics requirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

air freight, freight forwarder, Supply chain, Freight, logistics, excel pivot tables, mro, mrp system, Transportation, aircraft on ground, dangerous goods, sap

Top Skills Details

air freight,freight forwarder,Supply chain,Freight,logistics,excel pivot tables,mro,mrp system

Additional Skills & Qualifications

MUST HAVE: Minimum five years of experience Air freight forwarding logistics experience

MUST HAVE: Post-secondary degree, diploma, or certificate in supply chain, logistics, transportation, international trade, aviation management, business, (CCS, CIFFA, CITT)

MUST HAVE: Aviation, airline, aerospace, MRO, aircraft parts, AOG, or time-critical logistics experience is strongly preferred.

MUST HAVE: Experience working with customs documentation and import/export processes

MUST HAVE: Advanced Excel skills including: Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Data analysis and reporting

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Mount Hope, ON.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $100000.00 - $100000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Mount Hope,ON.

Aston Carter est un employeur souscrivant au principe de légalité des chances et accepte toutes les candidatures sans tenir compte de la race, du sexe, de lâge, de la couleur, de la religion, des origines nationales, du statut dancien combattant, dun handicap, de lorientation sexuelle, de lidentité sexuelle, des renseignements génétiques ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par la loi.

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If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] ([e-mail]) for other accommodation options.

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