Trade Compliance Specialist

Job Summary

The Trade Compliance Specialist will be responsible for ensuring adherence to quality system requirements aligned with industry standards, customer expectations, regulatory bodies, and corporate initiatives. This role manages compliance with regulations including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), as well as company policies and procedures outlined in the Quality Management System (QMS). The specialist will support multiple sites, maintain external certifications, and serve as a point of contact for regulatory auditors, customer export control representatives, industry peers, and internal corporate partners.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities:

• Maintain Trade Compliance: ITAR/EAR & CMMC/CUI
• Ensure compliance with ITAR, EAR, CMMC, and CUI regulations across Branch 71 and other tkANA facilities.
• Support and participate in internal and external audits, including ITAR/EAR and CUI assessments.
• Oversee verification of employee eligibility under U.S. export control regulations (e.g., ITAR/EAR), in accordance with defined regulatory criteria.
• Act as a liaison with customers, regulatory agencies, industry groups, and internal stakeholders on export control matters.
• Manage compliance-related projects to meet company, industry, and regulatory standards.
• Support facility access control and ensure proper security authorizations.
• Qualify and serve as an Assistant Empowered Official, including responsibilities such as drafting export license applications in the DDTC system.
• Maintain and expand working knowledge of relevant standards and regulations including AS9100, FAA, DFARS, and related audit procedures.
• Stay up to date with changes in trade compliance laws through ongoing training, certifications, and participation in industry and corporate meetings
• Manage the Records and Retention process to ensure compliance with corporate, customer, and regulatory requirements by collaborating with internal departments, customers, and service providers, provide training to relevant job aids to the supporting associates.
• Support customer complaint investigations and internal corrective action initiatives by managing the ReCAP Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) system, performing follow-ups, and contributing to trend analysis.
• Support the management and oversight of the Quality Management System (QMS), including the creation, review, and approval of job aids, and assisting with implementation activities.
• Lead and coordinate Quality and Continuous Improvement meetings and initiatives in collaboration with internal departments and external Quality Committee members, including the selection and approval of committee participants, while partnering with leadership and employees to strengthen the Built-in Quality culture.
• Manage the creation, revision, and communication of Quality-related documents—including Job Aids, Quality Alerts, and Quality Tips—and provide training support as needed.
• Promote compliance with safety requirements.
• Support the proper onboarding and offboarding of employees in customer systems.
• Assist in any other duties to support the operations, as requested by the supervisor or manager.
• Participate, support, and comply with all health, safety, quality, ISO and 6S Initiatives, compliance and Lean initiatives, requirements, and/or trainings.
• Ability to access and work in SAP or other Warehouse Management System
• Meets all TKMNA Employee Attributes / Competencies

Benefits Overview

We offer competitive company benefits to eligible positions, such as :

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance and Disability

• Voluntary Wellness Programs

• 401(k) and RRSP programs with Company Match 
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement
• And more!

Benefits may vary based on job, country, union role, and/or company segment. Please work with your recruiter or tk representative for applicable benefits information.
 

Disclaimer

This is to notify the general public that some individuals/entities are using the thyssenkrupp (“TK”) name, trademark, domain name, and logo without authorization. They are posing as employees, representatives, or agents of TK and its associated/group companies. These individuals/entities are fraudulently offering jobs online through texts, websites, telephone calls, emails, or by issuing fake offer letters. They are also soliciting jobseekers to deposit money in certain bank accounts or providing jobseekers with fraudulent checks to obtain banking information.  

TK does not ask, solicit, or accept any monies in any form from candidates, job applicants, or potential jobseekers, who have applied to or wish to apply to TK, whether online or otherwise as a pre-employment requirement. TK bears no responsibility for money being deposited/withdrawn therefrom in response to such fake offers.

TK does not:

1.    Send job offers from free email services like Gmail, Rediffmail, Yahoo mail, etc.;
2.    Request payment of any kind from prospective jobseekers or candidates for employment;
3.    Authorize anyone to collect money or agree to any monetary arrangement in return for a job at TK;
4.    Send checks to job seekers; or
5.    Make job offers through third parties. In the event TK uses professional recruitment services through a third party, offers are always made directly by TK and not by any third parties.

PLEASE NOTE: 

1.    TK strongly recommends that potential jobseekers do not respond to such fake solicitations, in any manner;
2.    TK will not be responsible to anyone acting on an employment offer that is not directly made by TK;
3.    Anyone making an employment offer in return for money is not authorized by TK; and
4.    TK reserves the right to take legal action, including criminal action, against such individuals/entities.

TK follows a formal recruitment process through its own HR department and applications are evaluated by its HR department through pre-defined processes. Please visit our official careers website at https://jobs.thyssenkrupp.com/en to view authentic job openings at TK. 

If you receive any unauthorized, suspicious, or fraudulent offers or interview calls, please email us at [email protected].

We shall not accept any liability towards the representation made in any fraudulent communication or its consequences, and such fraudulent communication shall not be treated as any kind of offer or representation by TK or its group companies and affiliates.