From intern to engineer. Noud’s story is one of growth, innovation, and impact. At just 28, he’s now a process engineer at N+P, working in the heart of the Technology & Innovation department. His journey started with an internship, followed by a traineeship that paved the way to a key technical role.
In this blog we share Noud’s perspective on learning by doing, contributing to sustainability, and what it’s really like to grow your career at N+P.
Q: How did your career start at N+P?
“I started at N+P as an intern, working on a project for my graduation year. During that time, I had the chance to get to know several departments across the company. After my internship, I stayed on and began a traineeship within the Development department, where I’ve been working for the past two and a half years.”
Q: What do you find most inspiring or appealing about N+P's vision?
"What really appeals to me about N+P’s vision is that we produce a pellet used as a replacement for coal, which allows us to significantly reduce CO₂ emissions."
Q: What’s something people often misunderstand or overlook about your work?
"What people don’t expect about the work is how many steps are involved between the incoming waste and the final pellet. There are quite a few production stages needed to turn one into the other."
Q: What makes you feel proud or fulfilled in your role?
"What makes me really proud is that the ideas you put on paper often come to life quite quickly. Right now, we’re working on a renovation here in Farmsum. Just a few months ago, it was all ideas on paper, and now machines are being built that we’ll be able to benefit from in just a few weeks."
Q: What are your hopes or ambitions for the future of N+P — and your role within it?
"I hope that in a few years we’ll have many more plants than we do now, and contributing to the synergy between those plants seems like a really exciting challenge to me."
Q: How do you see your personal contribution impacting N+P’s broader goals?
"Through my contribution at N+P, we’re able to lower costs, improve quality, and increase throughput, which allows us to produce many more pellets — all with the ultimate goal of reducing CO₂ as much as possible."
