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Freight Forwarding Recruitment in Rochester

Hiring a customs specialist in Rochester? We check the declarations experience first, then everything else.

South East

Customs and forwarding hiring across Rochester

Customs errors are expensive. We recruit people who get the declaration right first time.

Across the South East, forwarding and customs roles support operations at sites such as the Dartford and Thames-side parks and the M20 route to the Channel. We search for people who already know that trade.

A forwarding offer competes with every broker and carrier within reach. We help set salary and commission so it lands first time.

With the M25, M3, M4, M20 and M23, Gatwick Airport and the ports at Southampton, Portsmouth and Dover serving the region, forwarders across the South East often handle air, sea and road freight on the same desk.

The roles we cover

Permanent roles on the forwarding desk

The people who quote, book and clear freight and the people who win it.

Why a specialist desk

Built around trade lanes and modes

Modes and lanes matched

Air, sea or road, import or export: we match forwarders to the work they have actually handled.

Pay that lands

We benchmark salary, commission and bonus against the local market before the role goes out.

Through the first months

We keep in touch through notice periods and the first months, while a new forwarder learns your customers.

Salaries in the area

What forwarders and customs specialists earn in Rochester

Indicative permanent salaries in Rochester run from around £26k for clerks up to £55k+ for branch managers.

Salary is only part of the offer. Candidates compare commission, bonus, hybrid working and the accounts they will run. Figures are indicative, not a guarantee.

How it works

Our recruitment process

The search

We approach forwarders and customs specialists directly, including the ones who are not looking.

Interviews

We arrange interviews and any technical test, then brief each candidate beforehand.

Settling in

We stay in touch through the first months as the new forwarder takes over accounts.

Your brief

Your hiring brief

For Rochester businesses growing their trade, the right permanent forwarder brings in new volume as well as handling it.

We ask candidates why they left their last desk. The answer tells us whether yours will keep them.

A strong forwarding brief covers:

  • The modes: air, sea, road or all three
  • The main trade lanes
  • Imports, exports or cross-trade
  • Your interview process and any technical test
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Permanent freight forwarding jobs in the South East

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Forwarding FAQs

Questions, answered

Which forwarding roles do you recruit for?

Air, sea and road forwarders, import and export clerks, customs compliance specialists, operations coordinators, account and business development managers and branch managers.

How do you screen forwarding candidates?

We check the modes, lanes and systems they have worked, the customs declarations they have handled and their right to work.

Do you recruit for forwarders outside Rochester?

Yes. We cover businesses across the South East. Tell us where the office is and we will search the commute around it.

Do you also recruit transport planners?

Yes. Our transport planning desk recruits planners, schedulers and transport managers.

What makes a forwarder stay?

Good systems, fair commission, a manageable workload and a clear path to account management.

More forwarding pages

Related forwarding pages for Rochester

Freight forwarding recruitment elsewhere in the South East:

Other specialisms in Rochester:

See our national Freight Forwarding Recruitment page, or all logistics recruitment in Rochester.

Growing your trade lanes?

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