Job Description
Vacancy Title: Compliance & Export Control Officer
Vacancy Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
Engagement Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Your Company
Survitec are the world’s largest survival technology provider. For over 166 years, we have been protecting lives in the air, on land and at sea, through the design, manufacture, and servicing of Survival Technology.
Today, we are a global community of 3,000 professionals with presence in 96 countries partnering with our customers to provide innovative solutions that reduce risk and help keep you safe.
That is why the world's leading maritime, defence & government, energy and aerospace organisations trust us when it matters most and why we have been awarded the Gold Award by the UK Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
Your New Role
In your new role you will be managing and ensuring compliance with export control regulations. This also include processing and managing export licences for goods and supplies for the Ellesmere Port site, and liaising with other Aerospace and Defence sites to ensure the business is compliant with worldwide export control regulations to ensure operational functionality.
In addition to export control, you will oversee site compliance with defence security requirements (Security Aspect Letters) and security Vetting of personnel.
What You Can Expect from the Role
Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Managing the trade compliance and export licences for transportation of goods and supplies for a large manufacturing organisation
- Ensuring process and standards are upheld; reviews and recommends improvements to procedures to ensure export licences are in place efficiently to improve on-time delivery of goods and supplies
- Maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure that export control is managed effectively and efficiently. The successful candidate will ensure that they hold regular meetings with the customer service and procurement teams to ensure export requirements are in place in plenty of time
- Responsibility identifying where End User Undertakings are required for goods or supplies and contacting suppliers and customers to ensure that they are in place as required.
- Responsible for the administration and maintenance of companies through the SPIRE account
- Management of the product codification process for the Aerospace and Defence business for the Ellesmere Port site
- Manage the end to end export licence application process, this includes but is not limited to securing F680 licences and working with US colleagues to secure US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) applications
- Work together closely with the supply chain team to ensure that the appropriate export requirements are managed and in place to ensure regulatory compliance
- Communicating and corresponding, as the single point of contact, with the ECJU and completing annual returns and hosting periodic ECJU Visits.
- Provide advice to Management regarding changes and updated to Export Control Regulations and detail the business impacts
- Ensure data management of all export control information and maintenance of records
- Represent the Aerospace and Defence business during audits, including management of evidence and liaising with auditors to ensure that the business is compliant with export control requirements
- Work with internal stakeholders to improve export processes and system management through lean and agile management
- Representing the Ellesmere Port site within the Survitec Group, Export Compliance Officer organisation
- Manage customer security requirement in line with contracted requirements
- Provide security advice to team members regarding compliance with customer security requirements for the Ellesmere Port site.
- Be the Site Security Officer working collaboratively with key stakeholders to ensure all controls and procedures are in place to comply with the BPSS vetting standards
- Creates an inclusive environment where our people feel valued, appreciated and free to be who they are at work
- Understands, upholds and contributes to creating a safety-first culture within Survitec. Ensures a safe and healthy working environment
- Representing Birkenhead site within the Survitec Group, Export Compliance Officer organisation
- Develops own capabilities through participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching
- Develops and maintains an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices
The Experience, Qualifications and Skills You Will Have
Essential Criteria:
- Excellent attention to detail
- Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments
- Plans and prioritises workload to meet commitments aligned with Survitec goals
- Makes effective use of the latest technologies and terminology required for success in the role
- Excellent communication and influencing skills and stakeholder management, with the ability to Build partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
- Manoeuvres comfortably through complex policy, process and people-related organisational dynamics
- 5+ years experience of managing and administering an export compliance business system within a Defence company (with an thorough understanding of both UK and US export control requirements)
- Be conversant with UK export control laws and experienced in making export control licence applications and complying with licence requirements (particularly SIELS and OGELs) and conditions
- Experienced in internal and external Stakeholder Management
- Internal Audit Experience
- Experienced and ECJU Trained in product codification
Desirable
- Member of the Institute of Export
- Level 5 Diploma in International Trade (or working towards)
- Managing Export Compliance through an ERP
- Experience of delivering internal training on export control and compliance matters to relevant employees
- Be versatile, flexible and organised to handle a broad spectrum of tasks and competing priorities, whilst possessing a can-do attitude
- Knowledge of IFS and salesforce systems
Why You Should Work for Us
- 33 days holidays including public holidays
- Hybrid working policy
- Additional day off to celebrate your birthday
- Early finish on Friday
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Life Assurance up to 4X salary
- Pension Scheme
- Training & Professional Development Opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace Reward & Recognition scheme
How to Apply
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If you would like more information regarding this role before applying, please feel free to reach out to us via Linked In or via recruitment@survitecgroup.com.
Survitec is an equal opportunities employer. Our diverse global workforce protects lives, every single day. We are committed to cultivating an inclusive culture where our people feel valued appreciated, and free to be who they are at work. Because, to provide service and excellence to our customers we must mirror their diversity. But more importantly because it is the right thing to do.
At Survitec, we want you to have the best possible interview experience with us and we are also committed to creating an inclusive environment. We are happy to make any necessary accommodations to ensure you can showcase your skills to the best of your ability, should you require any reasonable adjustments, please don't hesitate to let us know.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £50,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Work from home
Schedule:
Work Location: In person
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