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Customs Brokerage Specialist

FedEx Logistics Inc.

JAMAICA, NYJob$25.37–35.51/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$25.37–35.51/hr
Location
JAMAICA, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Customs Brokerage Specialist supports timely freight and cargo movement by providing customer service, resolving issues, and preparing customs and transportation documentation. The role maintains relationships with customers, brokers, and service providers; handles billing, payment, and data-entry tasks; and may develop freight rates and quotes. The posting requires a high school diploma or GED, relevant experience, computer proficiency, and knowledge of applicable customs and transportation regulations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Customer ServiceOrganizational SkillsWritten CommunicationOral CommunicationU.S. Customs RegulationsFederal RegulationsHTS ClassificationHarmonized Tariff SystemComputer SkillsMS OfficeOutlookOffice EquipmentBasic MathMetric ConversionsCurrency EvaluationInterpersonal SkillsProblem SolvingIndependent WorkAttention to DetailCargoWise

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED12 Months Brokerage or Transportation or Customer Service Experience18 Months Work or Field Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

To provide customers with the highest quality service by providing consistent customer service and resolution in order to ensure timely release and/or inbound or outbound movement of freight/cargo.Provide and ensure a high level of customer service by developing and maintaining a strong relationship with customers' front line personnel in the various operating divisions and subsidiaries. Prepare, analyze, and/or submit documentation to the appropriate parties (U.S. Customs, agents, clients) in order to ensure they are in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations relating to customs and transportation. Anticipate, identify, and resolve problems which could delay the timely release or movement of freight. Maintain relationships with correspondent brokers, T&B, and other service providers to ensure that agents exceed the customers' service requirements. Resolve banking and letter of credit problems. Advise customers on payment terms. Resolve billing issues and ensure that invoicing and vendor payments are billed accurately. Complete accurate data input or corrections into computer files. Obtain payment on delinquent accounts and/or complete accounting adjustment forms for review. For transportation customer service reps: develop rates and/or provide quotes for the movement of freight. Research and negotiate carrier rates. Resolve billing issues, coordinate post entry activity on customer's behalf. High school diploma/GED. Proficient computer skills. Strong cust svc, organizational & communication (written/oral) skills. Strong knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations & other federal regulations and requirements w/respect to specific area of expertise (chb, air trans, ocean trans, surf trans) as applicable depending on functional department. Chb: proficient in H.T.S. Classification & familiary with the harmonized tariff system. Air trans: department of commerece & treasury regulations such as export licensing & schedule b tariff classifications. Banking requirements for international trade. Regulations regarding dangerous goods shipping & foreign regulations. Ocean trans: bsa - icc 400/500/322. Hazardous materials, shipping act of 1984, plant quarantine, usda regs, sgs & other independent surveyor & tariff requirements. Sur trans: regs for import/export; DOT. Basic math skills for conversions to metric and currency evaluations. One and a half (1 1/2) years of work/field experience preferred. HS Diploma or GED required. 12 months of brokerage or transportation experience and/or customer service experience required. MS Office, Outlook, Office equipment (phone, fax, photocopier, printer, scanner) required.Excellent communication skills, verbal and written. Organizational Skills. Inter-personal skills. Problem solving Skills.Handle high volume of work. Handle time sensitive work. Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.Detail oriented. Knowledge in HTS classification & familiar with the harmonized tariff system. Knowledge of U.S. Customs regulations & other federal regulations and requirements with respect to specific area of expertise.Paid Training Provided. Preferred Qualifications: CargoWise experience.Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the currentstarting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factorspermitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.Pay: $25.37 - $35.51 USD HourlyAdditional Details: Monday - Friday 8:00

How this job compares

Set against the 33,945 open Customer Service jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$25.37–35.51/hr
  • New York median$19–22/hr1,318 hourly ranges
  • US median$18–23/hr16,762 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $30.44/hr, is 49% above the New York median midpoint ($20/hr) — in the top quarter of Customer Service hourly ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,954 open Customer Service jobs in New York and 33,945 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Customer Service postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (8,832 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 11,145 of the 33,945 open Customer Service jobs (33%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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