About Us Original Composites and Fiberglass is a global leader in glass reinforcement solutions for the composites industry. Recently separated from Owens Corning, the business now operates independently under the Praana ownership model, continuing a strong legacy of innovation, manufacturing excellence, and customer partnership.
Purpose of the Role As a member of the Global Hotend Team in the Technology and Capital Delivery Org, the North America Regional Hot End Leader role is the technical champion for OCF regional, the minerals, melting, analytic labs, ensuring a quality glass is being manufactured in reliable operations to meet or exceed our customer expectations and sustainability strategy (energy, environment and recycle). The Regional Hotend Leader establishes and maintains accurate process standards for minerals and melting to safely, accurately, and efficiently produces glass and products that consistently meet codes, specifications, and customer requirements in the competitive cost platform under supervision of Global Hotend Leader guidance.
Job Responsibilities Lead for Safety Excellence Ensure a safe, clean and environmentally compliant work environment and building a safety culture of zero defects at regional plant visit
Ensure that all control plans, work instructions,



and other procedures related to the technical operation of hotend identify and mitigate safety risks
Maintain focus on safety behavior
Use TPM methodologies to continue march to zero incidents
Adhere to and continuously improve all safety policies, procedures, and standards
Expertise on Hot End Processes Experience with continuous and batch processes (i.e. glass, food, steel, automotive)
Experience with glass melting, various combustion processes and onsite hot work
Ability to control melting processes via remote and trouble analytic skill
Understanding glass chemistry and batch making process
Demonstrated ability to manage complex operations including multiple products, processes and departments
Ability to manage projects/initiatives at multiple sites
Leading and Developing Talent Creates teamwork to maximize the performance of the enterprise and the development of people, focused on building an integrated and collaborative team
Effectively train, assess, and develop plant hot end technical talent in the region
Develop technical network creating pipeline of talent for both plants and regional
Arrange the resources (Regional/plant) to provide process expertise when/where needed
Improve plant Hot End technical capabilities through knowledge

📌 Regional hot end leader (Courtice)
🏢 Original Composites and Fibers
📍 Courtice