MAYA DEARMAN
Houston,TX
Summary
Results-driven Instrumentation Professional with extensive experience in maintenance, reliability, and turnaround execution within large-scale chemical manufacturing environments. Progressed from Junior Instrument Technician to Lead Instrument Technician, developing expertise in SAP PM, maintenance planning, and team leadership. Focused on ensuring safe and efficient system performance while enhancing job execution and supporting outage planning.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Instrument Technician
Dow Chemical
Deer Park, Texas
05.2022 - Current
- Lead daily instrumentation maintenance activities supporting a large-scale chemical manufacturing facility.
- Serve as Lead Technician during turnarounds and outages, directing work execution and tracking completion of critical maintenance activities.
- Coordinated technicians, contractors, planners, and operations personnel for safe execution of maintenance work.
- Reviewed and revised maintenance job plans to enhance efficiency and minimize downtime.
- Support maintenance planning and scheduling by verifying job scope, labor requirements, materials, permits, and equipment availability.
- Train and mentor junior technicians while promoting safety and maintenance best practices.
- Collaborated with engineering, reliability, maintenance, and operations teams to optimize plant performance.
Junior Instrument Technician
Lone Star Dow Chemical
Deer Park, Tx
08.2018 - 05.2022
- Calibrated pressure, temperature, flow, level, and analytical instruments supporting critical manufacturing operations.
- Performed calibration, maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of process instrumentation and control systems.
- Executed preventive and corrective maintenance activities, enhancing equipment reliability and availability.
- Performed electrical troubleshooting on 24VDC, 120VAC, and control circuit systems.
- Supported shutdowns, turnarounds, and commissioning projects, ensuring strict safety compliance.
- Maintained SAP PM work orders and maintenance documentation.
- Interpreted P&IDs, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, and technical documentation.
- Conducted inspections and testing activities, verifying compliance with plant standards and procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson, TX 08.2024 - 06.2026
Associate of Applied Science - Instrumentation Technology
San Jacinto College
Pasadena, TX 08.2018 - 05.2021
Skills
- Process Instrumentation
- Instrumentation Supervision
- SAP PM
- CMMS
- DCS/PLC Systems
- Calibration verification
- Valve Stroke Testing
- Interlock Testing
- Preventive maintenance
- Predictive maintenance
- Maintenance Planning
- Schedule management
- Turnaround management
- Shutdown Planning
- Reliability Improvement
- Root cause analysis
- Work order management
Certification
- Active TWIC Card
- Certificate of Technology Level 2 Instrumentation
- NCCER Construction Site Safety Orientation (CSSO)
- NCCER Core Curriculum
- Emergency Response / Firefighter Certification
- OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen & HIPAA Training
Timeline
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Management
Brazosport College
08.2024 - 06.2026
Lead Instrument Technician
Dow Chemical
05.2022 - Current
Associate of Applied Science - Instrumentation Technology
San Jacinto College
08.2018 - 05.2021
Junior Instrument Technician
Lone Star Dow Chemical
08.2018 - 05.2022