Elijah Whitehouse

Experienced industrial and oil & gas professional with 10+ years in manufacturing and hands-on experience operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing industrial equipment. Strong background in mechanical systems, CNC machining, process equipment, furnace operations, hydraulics, PLC/HMI systems, quality control, safety, and environmental compliance. Proven team leader with strong attention to detail and a practical, hands-on approach to problem solving.

Seeking a long-term position in North Central Pennsylvania.

Solids Control Technician at Clean Harbors Environmental Services (2022-04 – Present)

• Operate and maintain industrial solids-control equipment including dryer shakers, variable-speed centrifuges, centrifugal pumps, and excavators.
• Monitor drilling-fluid properties and work with mud engineers to achieve solids-control objectives.
• Troubleshoot equipment and perform minor mechanical repairs and preventive maintenance.
• Operate pumps, hoses, and material-handling equipment in demanding field environments while following environmental and safety requirements.

Operator at Bluewater Thermal Solutions (2021-10 – 2022-04)

• Loaded and unloaded production baskets for heat-treatment operations; operated production equipment and inspected finished parts.
• Maintained inventory and completed production/process documentation.

Frac Equipment Operator at NexTier Completions (2021-06 – 2021-10)

• Operated boost pumps, sand-distribution systems, and chemical-addition equipment.
• Performed equipment inspections, maintenance, and troubleshooting while following strict field safety procedures.

CNC Operator — Class C at Metal Powder Products (2019-02 – 2021-06)

• Operated CNC lathes and mills for secondary machining; performed inspections, offset adjustments, material handling, and machine operation.

Frac Fueler at Satterlee Leasing (2018-07 – 2019-02)

• Performed fueling operations on frac locations; operated pumps and hoses and maintained fuel tickets, inventory, and transfer documentation.

CNC Operator at Secondary Development & Research (2018-04 – 2018-07)

• Operated lathes, mills, taps, and related machining equipment; performed dimensional and visual inspection.

Junior Wireline Operator at Allied Horizontal Wireline Services (2018-01 – 2018-04)

• Assisted with wireline field operations, tool-string assembly, and ground operations; performed tool assembly/disassembly following field safety procedures.
• PEC card holder; SafeLand and SafeGulf trained.

Secondary Set-Up Supervisor at GKN Sinter Metals (2017-01 – 2017-09)

• Set up and maintained lathes, honing equipment, and induction heat-treatment machines.
• Performed CNC programming, tooling setup, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting.
• Conducted inspections using CMM, Magnaflux, profilometers, comparators, and precision gauges; provided weekend production oversight.

Machine Attendant at GKN Sinter Metals (2016-09 – 2017-01)

• Operated lathes, honing, and induction heat-treatment equipment; performed quality inspections and statistical process control.
• Assisted with material handling and forklift operations.

Sinter Tech Supervisor at GKN Sinter Metals (2015-04 – 2016-09)

• Operated and maintained continuous belt furnaces, including temperature and atmosphere controls.
• Worked with combustible gas systems, endothermic generators, DP burners, and nitrogen curtains.
• Performed furnace belt replacement, heating-element and glow-bar repairs, and belt-drive maintenance.
• Assisted electricians with transformer removal and repair; supervised production activities and safe operating procedures.

Powder Coordinator at GKN Sinter Metals (2013-11 – 2015-04)

• Received, inventoried, and distributed powdered-metal materials; operated forklifts and material-handling equipment.
• Performed preventive maintenance and supported production operations.

High School Diploma / Regents Diploma – Webster High School (1999)