Shipping Officer

Click Digital; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Shipping Officer to join their dynamic team in Stevenage. This pivotal role involves liaising with export control teams, customs officers, and freight forwarders to ensure timely and compliant shipping of products. The ideal candidate will possess detailed knowledge of export legislation and strong interpersonal skills to navigate various business functions. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a leading Defence organisation, where your expertise will help maintain excellence in export and shipping services while ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a vital sector, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Detailed knowledge of export legislation is essential.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required for effective communication.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with export control, customs, and freight forwarders.
• Manage documentation for export deliveries and ensure compliance.

Skills

Export Legislation Knowledge

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Process Adherence

Job description

We are recruiting for a Shipping Officer for a leading Defence organisation based on site in Stevenage.
Ideally, you will have current SC Clearance; if not, you must be eligible to obtain it.

Responsibilities:

1. To liaise and work closely with our export control team, local customs officers, and freight forwarders.
2. To deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business.
3. Timely delivery of product in line with project demands.
4. Creation, completion, and management of documentation required to effect export deliveries, including transport documents, hazardous goods notes, customs formalities, etc.
5. Topicality of Import, Export, and Transport Registers.
6. Liaise with transport both UK and International.
7. Undertake Imports and report Intrastats as required.
8. Promotion of functional excellence.
9. Assist Export Control Department in compliance with regards to Export Licences.
10. Maintain topicality with all transport legislation up to and including prohibited weapons level.
11. Identify process improvements to create an efficient and cost-effective service.
12. Day-to-day knowledge of all movements from site.

Experience required:

1. Detailed knowledge of export legislation.
2. Ability to adapt style of communication to ensure effective delivery of service.
3. Interpersonal skills across different business functions.
4. Strength of character not to deviate from process when other demands conflict.

This is an umbrella contract; the role is Inside IR35.