Bruce Ayliff
About Bruce Ayliff
Bruce Ayliff is an EMRE Machinery Engineer at ExxonMobil, with extensive experience in machinery engineering and turnaround planning.
Current Role at ExxonMobil
Bruce Ayliff is currently an EMRE Machinery Engineer at ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas. He has been in this role since 2020. His responsibilities include developing digital technologies to capture, integrate, and analyze fleet data, as well as leading projects to evaluate and deploy novel coupling hub technology. He applies 6sigma principles to define value cases and conduct FMEA of design and DoE for testing.
Past Experience at ExxonMobil
Before his current position, Bruce Ayliff served as an Olefins Machinery Turnaround Planner at ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 2018 to 2020. Additionally, from 2015 to 2018, he worked as a Machinery Engineer at the same location. During his tenure, he advanced the deployment of laser metrology in machinery overhauls and drove quality and safety as the turnaround execution engineering lead during a 60-day overhaul of two compressors and one steam turbine in Rotterdam.
Early Career
Bruce Ayliff began his career with various technical roles, including a Technical Intern at W. L. Gore & Associates in Elkton, Maryland, in 2014, and a Technology Co-op at GE Appliances in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2013. He also co-founded Formy Interfaces, where he served as a Formy Prototype Specialist, and worked as a Design and Fabrication Engineer at Virginia Tech and NASA Langley Research Center.
Educational Background
Bruce Ayliff attained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), where he studied from 2011 to 2015. His education laid the foundation for his technical expertise and engineering career.
Project Leadership
Bruce Ayliff has led several key projects at ExxonMobil. He optimized equipment operation through analytics projects and applied 6sigma and Weibull Analysis in dry gas seal life cycle optimization evaluation. He also utilized Tableau and 6sigma methodologies to identify key focus areas for extruder operation improvements.