Freight Customs Clerk - Contrat

Freight Personnel; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary 25k-27k

Pension

21 days holiday

Two yearly bonuses

Incentives & nights out

Job summary

Freight Personnel in the United Kingdom is supporting a well‑established freight forwarder to recruit an Imports Customs Specialist for maternity cover (one year). The role covers sea, trailer and some air freight customs work, using CDS and related systems, with a focus on accurate declarations and timely processing.

The successful candidate will handle duties including duty/VAT payments, port releases, CFSP and customs warehousing, and post‑clearance actions.

Qualifications

• Experience from working for a freight forwarder in a customs freight role.
• Broad understanding of the overall customs process.
• Knowledge of Import and Export Clearance systems such as CDS/Descartes/Chief/ASM/CNS/Destin8/BoxTop.
• Knowledge of the customs tariff.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional IT skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team or as an individual.
• Strong organisational & time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide an outstanding level of customer service to both internal & external clients.
• Handle sea and trailer freight in the main with some air freight customs clearances using the CDS clearance system.
• Ensure the accurate and timely processing of import and export customs declarations.
• Ensure correct payment of duty & VAT.
• Manage the release of consignments at port.
• All aspects of CFSP & Customs Warehousing.
• Manage post clearance action.

Skills

Customs freight experience

Attention to detail

IT skills

Team player

Time management

Communication skills

Tools

CDS clearance system

Descartes

Chief

ASM

CNS

Destin8

BoxTop

Job description

Our client is a well-established freight forwarder offering a hands‑on approach to all our clients ensuring working partnerships are built and maintained throughout the course of projects and beyond.

The specialist sea freight division offers dedicated LCL (Less than Container Load) and FCL (Full Container Load) sea freight services to and from Europe, USA, Far East and Middle East as well as expert freight forwarding services

We are now recruiting due to maternity cover for the Customs Team, an Imports Customs Specialist to handle the Sea, Trailer and some Air freight customs needs for my client. This is a maternity cover for one year

In this position you will hold ultimate responsibility for the following duties / tasks:

• - Provide an outstanding level of customer service to both internal & external clients
• - Handling sea and trailer freight in the main with some air freight customs clearances using the CDS clearance system
• - Ensure the accurate and timely processing of import and export customs declarations
• - Ensure correct payment of duty & VAT
• - Manage the release of consignments at port
• - All aspects of CFSP & Customs Warehousing
• - Manage post clearance action

Applying candidates will possess:

• - Experience from working for a freight forwarder in a customs freight role
• - A broad understanding of the overall customs process
• - Knowledge of Import and Export Clearance systems such as CDS/Descartes/Chief/ASM/CNS/Destin8/BoxTop
• - Knowledge of the customs tariff
• - Excellent communication skills
• - Strong attention to detail
• - Exceptional IT skills
• - Ability to work as part of a team or as an individual
• - Strong organisational & time management skills

Benefits

• - Salary £25,000 to £27,000 Circa - dependent upon experience
• - Pension
• - 21 days holiday rising with length of service
• - 2 Bonuses a Year dependent upon company performance
• - Regular incentives and nights out