Principal Specialist, Global Trade - Customs/Import

Date Posted:

2025-04-16

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HCA21: Aerostructures - Chula Vista 850 Lagoon Blvd, Chula Vista, CA, 91910 USA

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Drive Excellence in Global Trade Compliance at Collins Aerospace!

This position has primary responsibility for interpreting, executing, and establishing global trade policies and processes for the customs function.  You will ensure consistency of customs practices and guidance to operations sites importing across the Strategic Business Unit globally.  You will support customs operations and be encouraged to take on leadership roles within the customs function across the SBU (Advanced Structures), Collins Aerospace, and Raytheon Technologies cross-company initiatives. You will analyze data and operations as well as strategize to ensure optimal US duty mitigation program usage, focusing on Free Trade Agreements, including USMCA, and the US Foreign-Trade Zones program.

The ideal candidate will work hybrid to our Chula Vista, CA location though we are open to considering candidates to be based at other US locations or offering a remote option.

What You Will Do:

• Support for daily tactical customs processes

• Analysis of customs data to strategically address customs trends, tariff impact and duty mitigation programs

• Coordinate and oversee free trade agreement qualification process

• Review bills of materials to support in free trade agreement qualification analysis

• Perform customs and import auditing

• Assist with strategic program management of customs initiatives across the business unit’s global sites ensuring alignment with Collins Aerospace

• Develop, support, implement customs related initiatives

• Assist Customs Manager and Customs team on projects, tactical activities, strategic activities, training, and other customs activities as needed

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 3 years of experience

• U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

• Experience with US customs, import regulations

• Experience with USMCA Free Trade Agreement

• Experience with US Foreign-Trade Zones

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Hybrid work to Chula Vista, CA

• 5 years customs experience, preferably in the aerospace industry

• Experience with SAP/GTS or other ERP application

• Experience performing free trade agreement qualification analysis

• Export regulations experience

What We Offer:

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  

• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  

• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  

• Tuition reimbursement program 

• Student Loan Repayment Program  

• Life insurance and disability coverage  

• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection 

• Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits 

• Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning  

• Adoption Assistance           

• Autism Benefit  

• Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions  

• Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program 

• Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits  

• Bright Horizons, child and elder care services 

• Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program  

• And more!  

Eligible for Relocation to Chula Vista, CA.

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