Compared to the prototype schedule, the schedule at my plant is nothing. I work 7 night shifts in 5 weeks. No 7 day stretches of nights or anything crazy like that. Basically, at my plant (all are a little different), we use a modified DuPont schedule. It goes like this;
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S
D D D D - - - - - - - N N N N - - - D D D - N N N - - - T T T T T - - Repeat
- = days off, so you do the math. You are only working 19 days out of 5 weeks (assuming you don't do overtime). Easy peasy lemon squeezy. I especially love the 7 day vacation every 5 weeks.
They are 12 hour shifts with T week being 8 hour days.
As far as the other jobs, at my company, things like maintenance supervisor start at about the same salary, but they get none of the license bonus, of course, and their annual bonus is smaller. But its still far better than you are doing now.
I will assume you are at least E6 and have been a work center supervisor before. If so, you would easily qualify for such a job. How long have you been qualified EWS?
When do you get out, exactly? My plant recently posted for an SRO class starting next July.
Justin