Customs Administrator

2 months ago


Hounslow, Greater London, United Kingdom British Airways PLC Full time
A career without limits
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As the nation's flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It's something we've been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world's first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

Since then, British Airways has gone on to deliver game-changing achievements. First we broke the record for the fastest transatlantic flight with Concorde. Then we became the very first airline to introduce fully lie-flat seats on board.

It was our exceptional engineering teams that brought these pioneering and original ideas to life.

This is your chance to join one of the most diverse and innovative departments at British Airways, at a time when we're re-imagining the way we fly the skies.

Customs Administrator

We are currently recruiting for a Customs Administrator in the Global Logistics Team, responsible for submitting Customs declarations to HRMC for imports and exports maintaining timely and robust material flow to Engineering business worldwide.

You will be working as part of a team, on shift operating 7 days a week. Working directly with logistics providers and internal customers to ensure excellent and consistent supplier performance to meet the business needs.

What you'll do:
  • Ensures timely submission of Customs declarations to HMRC, ensuring compliance with company and regulatory processes and procedures
  • Prioritisation, planning and organisation of both individual and team tasks as part of set objectives, ensuring that all reporting lines are adhered to and relevant departmental, team and individual objectives are fulfilled
  • Ensures high-quality communication takes place with all stakeholders, suppliers and customers and that this takes place in a timely and accurate manner
  • Expected to work collaboratively within the department and throughout the airline, its partners and suppliers
What you'll bring to British Airways:
  • Highly proficient in O365 applications and an ability to use new IT applications intuitively
  • I am able to prioritise, plan and organise my work, delivering to set deadlines
  • Self-motivated, use of initiative and problem solving
  • Able to work on own initiate and as part of a team
  • Willing to learn import and export processes and regulations
  • Good analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Good financial acumen, commercial skills and awareness
  • Ability to work to deadlines whilst maintaining standards
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Good prioritisation, planning and organisational skills
  • Able to interpret and process import and export shipments according to type and required regulation/s
Your experience:
  • Education to Level 2 (or educational equivalent)
  • Alternatively, possesses equivalent experience
  • Good knowledge of BA Engineering IT systems, including EWS/SAP
  • Sound knowledge of material movements & logistics processes & procedures
What we offer:

As an airline, we never want to stand still. The same goes for our people.

We're committed to upskilling our engineers and providing professional development training so you can progress in your area of expertise. That way, you'll attain the highest levels of professional achievement as we continue to invest in new technology, equipment, and aircraft.

Training modules are offered through self-study courses, or structured learning programmes, and delivered at our state-of-the-art Learning Academy at London Heathrow.

When you work in an engineering role at British Airways, you'll be joining a high-performance culture. It's a time-pressured environment too, but the challenges here are exciting and diverse, and you'll be part of projects you won't find anywhere else. That's what keeps our exceptional colleagues inspired to do their best work. We also offer fantastic rewards, including great staff travel benefits.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we're committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We're looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.



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