Christopher Pierce
Engineering Leader: Manufacturing & Facilities | Capital Projects | Automation Integration | OEE & Lean Transformation
- Role
- Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering Manager at WEINERT Fiber Optics Inc
- Location
- Hampton Roads, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher Pierce
Most of my career has centered around the same challenge: walking into manufacturing systems that aren’t performing — and turning them into disciplined, profitable operations.I lead engineering and maintenance teams in environments where maintenance is reactive, documentation has drifted, NPI timelines stall, and costs quietly erode margin. My focus is restoring structure, strengthening reliability, and aligning engineering execution with financial performance.Over the past decade, I’ve worked across aerospace, recycling, injection molding, semiconductor, industrial, and medical manufacturing. I’ve led engineering and maintenance organizations, executed $1M+ capital programs, reduced reactive maintenance by more than half, improved documentation accuracy multiple-fold, and shortened NPI and change response timelines by rebuilding ownership and workflow discipline. The result is measurable impact: improved uptime, reduced scrap and rework, faster release cycles, and recurring cost reductions.I’m particularly drawn to manufacturing organizations that are scaling, modernizing, or seeking stronger operational control. My approach is practical and business-focused: clarify priorities, formalize systems, develop capability in people, and ensure engineering efforts directly support profitability.If your manufacturing operation needs structure, accountability, and margin improvement — that’s the work I enjoy doing.
Experience
Manufacturing and Facilities Engineering Manager
Aug 2025 — Present · Williamsburg, VA, US
Education
City College of San Francisco
Engineering
2005 — 2007
University of California, Davis
BS, Mechanical Engineering
2008 — 2010
University of California, Davis
MSCE - Incomplete, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
2011 — 2013
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