Shipping Administrator - Permanent - Maldon - £26,000 - £30,000 per annum

Hours: 8:30 am - 5 pm - Monday to Friday

Holiday Entitlement: 20 days + UK Bank Holidays

Maldon - free parking

Experience Required: previous experience working within shipping, logistics, freight, transport

As a Shipping Administrator you will be tasked with handling the container loadings regarding your assigned destinations. You will work as part of an operations team, often liaising with the bookings, sales and warehouse teams also.

In this role, you will also assist customers regarding any queries / updates they may require help with. Your daily tasks will include but are not limited to:

• Vessel bookings - ensuring you have container bookings with the shipping line(s) for your assigned destinations in line with the system schedule.
• Submitting hazardous to carriers, answering any queries present and ensuring acceptance.
• Creating load lists and sending over to the correct load depot, enabling them to load the planned jobs.
• Assisting with cargo queries regarding piece count discrepancies, marks, damage etc
• Invoice queries
• Providing customers with updates when requested.
• Building vessel schedules within the system
• Learning and adhering to the specific rules of cargo destined to your assigned destination.
• Reviewing final load lists
• Completing customs entries
• Dealing with customs queries

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Keywords: freight, logistics, transport, shipping, export, LCL, FCL, shipping administrator, export operator