Senior US Customs Entry Writer

About JORI Logistics

JORI is a client-focused, relationship-based, family-owned company that understands our client’s Customs Brokerage and transportation needs. We combine unparalleled customer service with robust technology solutions to transform logistics into a competitive advantage for importers and exporters. Since 1992, we’ve provided turnkey logistics services, including Canadian Customs Brokerage, U.S. Customs Brokerage, Air Freight, Ocean Freight, Ground Freight, Trade Consulting, and more. Our client relationships, some of which are as old as we are, have grown to include some of Canada’s foremost importers and exporters.

With offices in Calgary, Houston, Almaty, and Cebu City, JORI is small enough to care and big enough to matter.

JORI Logistics is seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior U.S. Customs Entry Writer to join our U.S. Customs Brokerage Department.

This is not a routine, high-volume data-entry position. The successful candidate will be a knowledgeable U.S. customs professional who can independently manage complex import transactions, identify compliance concerns, troubleshoot entry and release issues, and provide reliable guidance to clients and colleagues.

The ideal candidate will have advanced experience with U.S. customs entries involving multiple modes of transportation, customs bonds, Foreign-Trade Zones, rail imports, Partner Government Agencies, and other complex or non-standard transactions.

This position requires excellent attention to detail, sound judgment, resourcefulness, and the ability to communicate clearly with clients, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Partner Government Agencies, carriers, and JORI colleagues in multiple offices.

• Prepare, review, transmit, and finalize U.S. customs entries for truck, rail, ocean, and air shipments.
• Process complex entry types, including consumption entries, warehouse entries and withdrawals, in-bond movements, temporary importations, Foreign-Trade Zone withdrawals, and other specialized transactions.
• Review commercial invoices, packing lists, bills of lading, certificates of origin, permits, and supporting documents to confirm that entries are complete and ready for transmission.
• Confirm the accuracy of tariff classifications, country of origin, entered value, duty calculations, trade program claims, and applicable fees.
• Identify transactions involving anti-dumping or countervailing duties, quotas, special tariffs, trade remedies, or other elevated compliance requirements.
• Process Importer Security Filings and monitor acceptance, timeliness, and resolution of errors or rejections.
• Obtain CBP and Partner Government Agency releases, permits, or admissibility decisions as applicable.
• Monitor entry status through release, entry summary acceptance, duty payment, and final file completion.

• Prepare and monitor customs entries and associated documentation for U.S. rail imports.
• Review rail manifests, bills of lading, equipment details, border crossing information, and arrival data for accuracy.
• Monitor rail shipment transmissions and promptly investigate EDI failures, manifest discrepancies, rejected entries, and delayed releases.
• Monitor weekend and after-hours rail activity when assigned, ensuring time-sensitive issues are escalated and resolved.
• Create, monitor, arrive, export, or close in-bond movements, as applicable, and follow up on overdue or unresolved in-bond transactions.
• Communicate with rail carriers, clients, CBP, and internal team members to resolve manifest, release, and in-bond discrepancies.

• Process or support Foreign-Trade Zone transactions, including electronic admissions, withdrawals, weekly entries, zone-to-zone transfers, and related customs filings.
• Review merchandise status designations and supporting documentation for FTZ admissions and withdrawals.
• Ensure FTZ transactions are supported by accurate inventory, valuation, classification, and admission information.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies involving zone admissions, customs status, quantities,…