Shipping Officer

Certain Advantage • Stevenage, Hertfordshire, GB • £26 / hour • 1d ago

World Class Defence Organisation based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire is currently looking to recruit 2x Shipping Officer subcontractors on an initial 12 month contract.

Experience required:

Used to working under pressure, liaising with team leaders and other stakeholders across the business to drive productivity
Experience with SAP
Strong knowledge of Excel and Microsoft applications
Experience within an Engineering/Manufacturing organisation

Hourly Rate: £26.85ph - £30.20 (Umbrella) (the more senior role requires customs / export experience)
Overtime Rate: Hours worked over the standard 37 hours per week, will be paid at ‘time and a quarter’
Location: Stevenage
Hybrid / Remote working: The roles will be onsite
Duration: 12 Months with very likely extension. Contracts are often ongoing and long-term thereafter.
IR35 status: Inside IR35 (Umbrella)
Interview process: One stage onsite interview

Shipping Officer Job Description:

The department are looking for 2x experienced shipping officers to join their team. You will bring with you experience in shipping within the UK and globally using road and air transport. You will prepare export documentation and will have good knowledge of incoterms, tariff codes and CPC codes. You will liaise and work closely with our in house export control team, customs department and our freight forwarders.
As shipping officer you will be responsible for arranging & overseeing all export shipments from site to destinations all over the world to meet customer demands by road or air, in a timely manner whilst adhering to the processes to deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business

Responsibilities:

To liaise and work closely with our export control team, local customs officers and freight forwarders.
To deliver a benchmark export and shipping service to the business.
Timely delivery of product in line with project demands
Creation, completion and management of documentation required to effect domestic deliveries, to include, transport documents, hazardous goods note etc.
Ensure topicality of Transport Registers, Hazardous Goods Register
Arrange UK transport movements. This also includes liaising closely with Security and Export control departments.
Identify process improvements to create an efficient and cost effective service
Day to day knowledge of all movements from site
General day to day housekeeping, ensuring any required administrative duties are completed for each shipment, ensuring we are audit compliant at all times
Keeping up to date with the archiving and scanning
Promotion of functional excellence
Assist Export Control Department in compliance with regards to Export Licences

Maintain topicality with all transport legislation up to and including prohibited weapons level
The successful candidate would be expected to undertake Known consignor training and remain compliant to the controls put in place.

Skillset/experience required:

Detailed knowledge of export legislation or transport legislation
Ability to adapt style of communication to ensure effective delivery of service
Interpersonal skills across different business functions
Strength of character not to deviate from process when other demands conflict.
A strong communicator (both written and verbal) with attention to detail
Organised with excellent time management skills
Able to prioritise and work to deadlines without supervision.

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