Logistic Specialist

Cargojet Inc.; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargojet Inc. is seeking a seasoned logistics professional to coordinate domestic and international shipments of aircraft parts and related aviation materials.

You will manage carrier choices, routing, and service levels to ensure timely, compliant, and cost-efficient movement across our network. The role emphasizes reducing freight and customs costs, validating invoices, and improving visibility through dashboards, SOPs, and collaboration with Maintenance, Materials, Procurement, and carriers.

Qualifications

• Minimum five years of experience in logistics, transportation, customs, freight forwarding, or aviation materials.
• Post-secondary degree or certificate in supply chain, logistics, transportation, international trade, aviation management, business, or related discipline; CCS/CIFFA/CITT or equivalent is an asset.
• Aviation, airline, aerospace, MRO, or time-critical logistics experience is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure timely, compliant, and cost-effective movement of aircraft parts and related materials across stations and vendors.
• Coordinate domestic, transborder, and international shipments via air, ground, courier, and other modes.
• Select optimal freight mode, carrier, route, and service level based on urgency and total cost.
• Reduce freight, customs, brokerage, storage, and other logistics costs through improved routing and carrier management.
• Validate invoices against quotations, contracts, and shipment records to identify and recover errors.
• Track shipments from sourcing to delivery and ensure timely customs clearance and reporting.
• Improve shipment visibility, dashboards, and standard operating procedures to prevent delays.

Skills

Air cargo logistics

Customs compliance

Carrier management

SAP

Excel

Communication

Aviation MRO knowledge

Education

Supply chain degree or related

CIFFA/CCF(CITT) certification asset

Tools

Freight portals

Transportation management systems

Job description

Accelerate your career with the most awarded Air Cargo Airline in Canada!

Cargojet is Canada's leading provider of time-sensitive overnight air cargo services and carries over 1,300,000 pounds of cargo each business night. Cargojet operates its network across North America each business night, utilizing a fleet of all-cargo aircraft Cargojet has been awarded one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies as well as being awarded the Shipper’s Choice Award for the best Air Cargo Carrier in Canada for the past number of
years. Being part of Cargojet will allow you to become a part of a diverse and vibrant family at the leading edge of the air cargo industry both domestically and internationally. Cargojet team members are dedicated, hardworking, and have a strong sense of leadership and commitment.

Job Summary:

This role willsupport the reliable and cost-effective movement ofaircraftparts,rotables, consumables, engines, tooling, ground support equipment, and other aviation materials across our network.

This roleis responsible forcoordinating domestic and international shipments, customs clearance, freight forwarders, carriers, brokers, and supporting documentation. In addition to daily shipment execution, the position is expected to actively reduce freight and customs-related costs through improved routing, carrier management, invoice validation, contractutilization, billing analysis, process improvement, and enhanced shipment visibility.

Job Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensuretimely, reliable, compliant, and cost-effective movement ofaircraftparts,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 mostappropriate freightmode, carrier, route, and service level based on urgency, operational impact, delivery requirement, and total cost.
• Actively reduce freight, customs, brokerage, storage, demurrage,expeditedshipping, accessorial, and other logistics-related costs.
• Validate freight, broker, courier, and carrier invoices against quotations, contracts, rate cards, shipment records, and service levels.
• Identifyand recover billing errors, duplicate charges, incorrectaccessorial, 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.
• Analyzelogisticsdata 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 AOGlogisticsrequirements.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum five years of experience in logistics, transportation, customs, freight forwarding, supply chain, aviation materials, MRO, or a related field.
• Post-secondary degree, diploma, or certificate in supply chain, logistics, transportation, international trade, aviation management, business, or a related discipline. CCS, CIFFA, CITT, or equivalent certification is an asset.
• Aviation, airline, aerospace, MRO, aircraft parts, AOG, or time-critical logistics experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with air, ground, courier, international freight, customs brokerage, freight forwarders, and carrier management.
• Strong knowledge of customs regulations, import/export requirements, trade agreements, tariff classification, customs clearance, and shipping documentation.
• Experience reviewing freight invoices, validating carrier charges, analyzing logistics costs, and supporting contract or rate optimization is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes, increase shipment visibility, and reduce logistics costs.
• Experience with SAP, MRO systems, inventory systems, freight portals, or transportation management systems is an asset.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Outlook.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-pressure, fast-paced operational environment.
• Ability to climb more than 10 steps in a warehouse environment.

Important to Know:

• Cargojet is anequal-opportunityemployer. We thank you for your interest. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
• We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
• At Cargojet, we make safety the highest priority. Because of this priority and as weoperatein a safety-sensitive environment, we require all employees to abstain from consuming Cannabis, in and outside of the workplace. This is a critical element of our drug and alcohol policy that all employees mustcomply with at all times.