Join our team

At NPT we are committed to helping our people unlock their potential through an inclusive and supportive place of work, diverse learning and development opportunities.

As part of the company’s growth plan, we continue to seek talented individuals to help support our journey. Alongside providing challenging work opportunities, our environment is one of inclusion, collaboration and equality. We offer fulfilling careers underpinned by compelling and competitive rewards. 

Our culture   Our benefits   People at NPT 

Our culture

Centres on respect, integrity, innovation and safety.

  • Respect in attitude is an essential trait of ours.
  • Integrity is at the heart of our individual and corporate actions.
  • Innovation inspires us to be curious, creative and challenge the status quo.
  • Safety is at the forefront of all our decision making.

Our benefits

To attract and retain the best and brightest talent for the future, ​​​​​​​we offer compelling reward packages. You will receive a well-rounded total package that not only rewards you for your long-term achievements but also for your day-to-day efforts, and supports your overall well-being.

Our benefits encourage you to be at your best, grow your career and drive success at the company.

Financial security
We want to support your financial health by offering you long term financial security and protection against the unexpected. This includes, competitive salaries, enhanced company pension contributions, salary sacrifice scheme, life assurance (death in service), and bonus schemes.

Learning and development
We are committed to helping our people unlock their potential through learning and development opportunities. This includes financial support for professional study, extensive training opportunities, company paid professional subscriptions, quarterly and annual reviews with a career development focus, and internal promotion opportunities.

Work life balance
A healthy work life balance drives engagement, productivity and retention. NPT will support you with family friendly support for maternity, paternity, adoption leave and so on with enhanced payments, hybrid and flexible working opportunities, holiday purchase scheme, minimum 26 days’ holiday plus 2 wellbeing days per year.

Bonus scheme
When you and your colleagues achieve exceptional performance by innovating and collaborating, you will not only contribute to the success of NPT, but you will also be recognised and celebrated – both in the short and long-term. Without exception, we always focus on safety, accountability and alignment to our values. We reward individual and team performance to encourage collaboration and innovation at NPT.

Our people at NPT

“We aim to attract and retain the very best talent to deliver our First of a Kind plant and Project Speedbird. The work environment we create is supportive, engaging and fulfilling for our people allowing them to collaboratively achieve business objectives as well as their own individual goals.” – Lou Lightfoot, Chief Human Resources Officer

Simon Wright

Manufacturing and Operations Manager

“I really enjoy my role, and it is nice to have my skills put to good use alongside the trust placed in me. I joined NPT because of its sustainable practices to seek ways to replace fossil-based fuels and I am drawn to the company’s innovative approach to achieve this end result.”

Simon joined NPT in 2024 with a 26-year career history in the industrial sector. He started in quality assurance in a laboratory environment and upheld rigorous standards of product quality. He then transitioned into process operations and managed intricate systems with precision. He was Head of Operations in his most recent role and brings to NPT an extensive skill set coupled with industry knowledge.

Jo Glenn

Project Manager

“I am usually on the plant floor in a hard hat and safety shoes, and I would not have it any other way! Being part of NPT is very family orientated and we share a common purpose with our endeavours to help deliver decarbonisation solutions. I enjoy project management because I have a chance to utilise my expertise in a stimulating environment. It allows critical thinking, adaptability, efficient practice use and varied scope.”

Jo came to NPT in 2024 and is highly skilled in complex project delivery with high attention to detail. She holds Good Manufacturing Practices validation and has an extensive background in project management across sectors including in pharmaceutical construction and engineering (process and civil), facility expansion, and new product introduction.

Tom Nicol

Senior Research Scientist

“Working with NPT for the last 4 years has been a rewarding and engaging challenge which has allowed me to support the progress of novel sustainable technologies that will drive the UK’s clean fuel transition. Non-fossil derived chemicals and fuels are critical in the coming decades and the research work I do with NPT is helping to enable their development at an industrial scale.”

Tom joined NPT in 2020 and is engaged in several projects with the technical team. Tom conducts both internal and external research with multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists. His specialty revolves around the conversion, extraction and utilisation of products from lignocellulosic biomass, and he works on laboratory, pilot, and pre-commercial scale process development through both theoretical, computational, and statistically designed experimental research. These have included mass balance and life cycle analyses of the process.

Caroline Stewart

Financial Controller

“I wanted to support a company with a distinctive technology which can make a positive contribution climate change. The finance team gets teased for holding the purse strings, but we all combine hard work with a fun environment. It is a really nice atmosphere at NPT and I am enjoying my role and being surrounded by such talented colleagues.”

Caroline, a qualified accountant, brings to NPT many years of experience in financial accounting, fiscal compliance, process design and management accounting. Having worked in a number of business sectors in SME and large corporate organisations, both in the North-East of England and internationally, Caroline’s expertise has been highly beneficial to NPT and the finance department.

Martin Fisher

Quality and Sustainability Manager

“I am really happy to be here at NPT and be part of its exciting journey. I have been warmly welcomed and enjoy putting my knowledge and expertise to use in this distinctive role. The company ethos and offering are centred around sustainability and I am glad to help take this forward.” 

Martin has over 20 years’ industry experience in petrochemical, chemical and renewables. His expertise includes quality and analytical methodologies, process and operations optimisation and efficiency, including plant management. Martin was in a dedicated Quality and Analytical Manager role for over 16 years. 

Paula Kuchcik

Laboratory Technician

“My background is in forensic science and I really like the elements of techniques, critical analysis and precision which allows me to do key work with samples on the plant floor and in the laboratory. No day is the same for me and I enjoy the variety and responsibility. I move around the site with times at my desk recording my findings to being in a hard hat and safety boots on the demonstration plant floor to managing the laboratory.” 

Paula came to NPT as an apprentice and excelled in her work gaining a permanent position as a laboratory technician. She puts her scientific and methodology expertise to good use at NPT and brings with her extensive research and analytical skills. Paula analyses samples for the demonstration plant and is involved in analytical method development which leads to standard operating procedures for the laboratory. She is responsible for the administration and maintenance of the laboratory and its equipment and oversees purchasing and inventory.