Customs Specialist (NE)

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.

About the Role

How you will contribute

• 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

Your Key Qualifications

• 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.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world's trade flow better, changing what's possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.


With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that's fit for the future.

We're rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology - and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we're at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer's door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures - not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what's possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.