Customs Specialist- Qualified Officer
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Job details
- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum 2-4 years of hands-on Canadian customs brokerage, release, rating, compliance, or cross-border logistics experience.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Linear Logistics is seeking a hands-on Customs Specialist to support our Canadian customs operations and compliance activities. This is an intermediate opportunity for someone with a solid technical foundation who is ready to grow into broader customs responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare, review, and coordinate customs documentation, shipment releases, and final accounting.
- Monitor shipment status and resolve documentation gaps, customs hold, and release exceptions.
- Support tariff classification, valuation, country-of-origin review, and free trade documentation.
- Communicate with customers, carriers, terminals, and customs partners to keep freight moving.
- Maintain accurate customs records, SOPs, and supporting documentation.
- Support corrections, audits, regulatory updates, and process improvements.
- Serve as Linear Logistics designated Qualified Officer and support applicable customs broker licensing and compliance requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Successful completion of the CBSA Customs Brokers Professional Examination and current eligibility to be appointed as a Qualified Officer.
- Minimum 2-4 years of hands-on Canadian customs brokerage, release, rating, compliance, or cross-border logistics experience.
- Working knowledge of CBSA requirements, customs documentation, tariff classification, valuation, and shipment release processes.
- Strong attention to detail, communication, problem-solving, and follow-through.
- Ability to manage time-sensitive shipments and competing priorities in a freight environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Customs Specialist (CCS), CTCS, or CIFFA certification.
- Post-secondary education in supply chain, international trade, business, or logistics.
- Experience with CARM, customs brokerage systems, EDI, or cross-border transportation workflows.
More about this job
Responsibilities
Prepare and coordinate customs documentation, shipment releases, final accounting, and shipment-status follow-up, resolving documentation gaps and release exceptions. Support classification, valuation, origin review, audits, regulatory updates, and process improvements while serving as the designated Qualified Officer.
Requirements
Candidates must have passed the CBSA Customs Brokers Professional Examination, be eligible for appointment as a Qualified Officer, and have 2–4 years of relevant Canadian customs or cross-border logistics experience. They should understand CBSA requirements and customs processes; CCS, CTCS, or CIFFA certification, relevant post-secondary education, and experience with CARM, brokerage systems, EDI, or cross-border workflows are preferred.
Skills
- Canadian Customs Brokerage
- Customs Documentation
- Shipment Release
- Customs Compliance
- Tariff Classification
- Customs Valuation
- Country-of-Origin Review
- Free Trade Documentation
- Shipment Monitoring
- Problem-Solving
- Recordkeeping
- Audit Support
- Process Improvement
- CBSA Requirements
- CARM
- EDI
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Logistics
- Transportation
Keywords
- Canadian Customs Operations
- Customs Brokerage
- CBSA
- Qualified Officer
- Customs Broker Licensing
- Customs Documentation
- Shipment Release
- Final Accounting
- Tariff Classification
- Customs Valuation
- Country Of Origin
- Free Trade Documentation
- Customs Compliance
- Customs Holds
- Release Exceptions
- Customs Records
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Audits
- Regulatory Updates
- Process Improvement
- CCS
- CTCS
- CIFFA
- CARM
- EDI
- Cross-Border Logistics
- Freight Transportation