Customs Specialist (NE)
About The Position
DP World in the Atlanta, GA area is looking for a detail-oriented, analytical, and compliance-driven Customs Specialist who’s ready to support our customs processes and ensure the seamless movement of goods across borders every single day. In this role, you’ll be the backbone of our customs operations—maintaining documentation accuracy, coordinating import/export requirements, monitoring compliance standards, troubleshooting shipment discrepancies, and ensuring all processes meet federal and international regulations. You’ll work closely with the Customs team, Operations, and Supply Chain partners to resolve issues, improve workflows, and keep goods moving efficiently and on time. If you’re passionate about compliance, enjoy working with data and regulations, and love solving problems before they disrupt operations, this role allows you to make a real, visible impact on the speed, accuracy, and reliability of our customs processes. Join us in strengthening a compliant, efficient, and high-performing customs operation — Your expertise can make all the difference.
Requirements
- University degree required.
- Experience in drafting electronic transport declarations and declarations for importing and exporting.
- Thorough knowledge of origin and value provisions, customs laws and regulations, and other export documents (CvO, EUR1, ATR) both internationally and nationally.
- Able to be flexible regarding shift works (evenings and weekends occasionally).
- Able to problem solve under stressful situations.
- Customer-oriented, quality-conscious, and able to work independently as well as part of a team.
Responsibilities
- Draft and accurately check customs, trade, and transport documents for technical processing.
- Prepare and handle transport declarations (T1/T2), declarations for import and export, and any other export documentation.
- Control the day-to-day operational customs activities including but not limited to; risk determination, administrative process control, and internal recording to meet the required compliance.
- Coordinate independent tariff technical classification aspects, tax, and non-tax legislation (VGEM) for both international and national customs matters.
- Communicate with customs/tax authorities, transporters, and external customers about the handling of customs procedures and related issues.
- Draft, apply, and supervise export documents via the appropriate organizations written and electronically, when assigned.
- Keep up to date on changes and developments within customs and tax legislation while reporting to the Customs Supervisor regarding customs-technical and logistical problems as well as provide solutions to those problems.
- Advise the internal operational departments and the customs management framework on customs specific information as requested.
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Market competitive compensation package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
