Christopher Gherke
Lease Operator at Antero Resources- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Antero Resources
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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200 - 300 Employee
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Lease Operator
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Jun 2022 - Present
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Production Operator
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Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
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FESCO, Ltd
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United States
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Oil and Gas
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300 - 400 Employee
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Assistant District Manager
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Jul 2019 - Oct 2021
Shinnston, West Virginia
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Production Tester
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Apr 2012 - Jul 2019
Shinnston, West Virginia • Lead Operator on multiple well pads • Direct and train team to ensure wells remained flowing in a safe and responsible manner • Use Microsoft Office to ensure well results were reported to customer on time • Responsible for operating and maintaining flow manifolds, line heaters, high pressure separators, low pressure separators, generators, hydraulic valves, pneumatic valves • Perform flowback operations for frac operations • Perform flowback operations for drill out… Show more • Lead Operator on multiple well pads • Direct and train team to ensure wells remained flowing in a safe and responsible manner • Use Microsoft Office to ensure well results were reported to customer on time • Responsible for operating and maintaining flow manifolds, line heaters, high pressure separators, low pressure separators, generators, hydraulic valves, pneumatic valves • Perform flowback operations for frac operations • Perform flowback operations for drill out operations • Class A CDL • Catch Natural Gas Samples for lab analysis • Catch and analyze Oil and Brine Water Samples in the field • Assist in Pipeline Pigging operations • Conduct third-party verification of storage well performance
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Production Assemblier
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Jun 2011 - Mar 2012
Clarksburg, West Virginia · Manufacture sub-assemblies to support C-130 production · Ensure all work is done according to prints and specifications · Perform repairs as assigned by quality/engineering
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Lead Composite Technician
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Jan 2003 - Jun 2011
Bridgeport, West Virginia · Responsible for working with Engineers, and Program Management. Preparing and maintaining clean room environment to Class 100,000. Hands on experience laying up Titanium Matrix Composite materials and Resin Matrix Composites as well as assembly, CNC set-ups, tooling, riveting and finishing of various aerospace products. · Directed team to ensure all day-to-day tasks were complete as needed to ensure projects stayed on time and on budget · Worked with engineers to perform and document… Show more · Responsible for working with Engineers, and Program Management. Preparing and maintaining clean room environment to Class 100,000. Hands on experience laying up Titanium Matrix Composite materials and Resin Matrix Composites as well as assembly, CNC set-ups, tooling, riveting and finishing of various aerospace products. · Directed team to ensure all day-to-day tasks were complete as needed to ensure projects stayed on time and on budget · Worked with engineers to perform and document experiments & first article parts · Worked with maintenance department to schedule repairs and preventative maintenance to equipment and facilities · Provided continuous training for team members · Water Jet operation and set up (some programming) · Performed CNC and manual machining of steel and titanium alloys · Operated PLC control systems for oven operations · Utilized a helium particle counter to verify a deep vacuum was obtained and maintained during the oven operations · Performed hot crimping of steel and titanium materials while ensuring a deep vacuum was maintained inside the product · Provided delivery of composite parts to suppliers and assisted in oven loading operations · Performed abrasions, bonded materials, and machined carbon fiber composites for testing of bonds · Constructed molds and other tooling for rubber based composites · Cured rubber and resin based composites in autoclave · Utilized filament winding for the manufacture of green form materials · Performed lay-ups of mold formed organic, rubber, and titanium based composites Show less
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Education
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Fairmont State College
Associate of Science (A.S.), Aviation Maintenance -
Calhoun - Gilmer Career Center
Certificate of Completion, Electrical Technology / Cisco Networking