Senior Export & Trade Compliance Lead

TipTopJob; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £60,000

25 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Death in service benefit

Early finish every Friday

Long-term career development

Job summary

TipTopJob is seeking an experienced Export and Trade Compliance professional to own a critical compliance function in a regulated manufacturing environment. You will lead export controls, ITAR compliance, and customs activity across the business, partnering with operations, procurement, quality, and sales to ensure documentation and processes meet UK export legislation.

This role offers genuine ownership, long-term stability, and a collaborative culture, with the chance to influence governance,

Qualifications

• Experience in export and trade compliance within manufacturing or engineering.
• Strong knowledge of UK export regulations and customs procedures.
• ITAR and controlled goods understanding.
• Experience handling export documentation and international shipments.
• Excellent attention to detail and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Manage export compliance processes across international shipments.
• Prepare and review export documentation (invoices, packing lists, declarations, certificates of origin).
• Support export licensing activities and maintain records.
• Ensure commodity codes and customs information are accurate.
• Liaise with freight forwarders, customs brokers, and transport providers.
• Conduct sanctions screening and denied party checks as required.
• Support internal and external compliance audits.
• Assist with investigations, corrective actions, and continuous improvement.
• Monitor changes to export legislation and communicate updates internally.
• Support ITAR-controlled programmes and controlled goods activities.
• Maintain compliance records and secure handling of controlled data.

Skills

Export compliance

Trade compliance

ITAR

Customs procedures

Documentation management

Excel

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

ERP systems

Customs software

Job description

TipTopJob is seeking an experienced Export and Trade Compliance professional to own a critical compliance function in a regulated manufacturing environment. You will lead export controls, ITAR compliance, and customs activity across the business, partnering with operations, procurement, quality, and sales to ensure documentation and processes meet UK export legislation.

This role offers genuine ownership, long-term stability, and a collaborative culture, with the chance to influence governance,