I’ve spent 9 years squeezing cycle time and solvent recovery out of batch reactors and leading HAZOPs, and now I’m getting interviews for continuous lines in Houston and Baton Rouge. For those who’ve made that jump, what did hiring managers probe on — control strategy/RTD fundamentals, PSM depth, or just throughput wins — and did comp reflect the added permit-to-work and night-shift realities?
@OP Houston drilled ‘RTD’ estimation and loop tuning; Baton Rouge pushed PSM; permit-to-work nights added about 8%.
I moved from batch to a continuous hydrogenation line and the panel had me sketch a salt‑pulse RTD check and tie it to a high‑ΔP trip, alarm rationalization, and loop constraints. > pushed PSM; permit-to-work nights added about 8% — I saw similar, but what moved comp for me was owning on‑call startup coverage and showing a tight override/permit workflow; bring a one‑pager control narrative (startup permissives + trip matrix) to walk them through — do your Houston screens let you whiteboard?