Franklin Liska
Freeport
Summary
Consistent team player dedicated to both personal and group success. Experienced in working effectively within teams to meet and exceed targets. Seeking a position that offers long-term growth and professional development opportunities.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
General Laborer
DeMeester's Greenhouse & Appleland Orchard Inc
Freeport
04.2025 - 10.2025
- Operated skid steer loader and dump truck for loading and delivery of various landscaping materials.
- Tended to plants through watering, deadheading, thinning, and planting.
- Executed loading, unloading, and stocking of various products such as food, plants and fertilizers.
- Assisted customers as a cashier while supporting general handyman tasks.
Sanitation Worker
Hughes Recruiting & Consulting
Freeport
01.2025 - 02.2025
- Conducted disassembly, cleaning, sanitization, and reassembly of equipment to maintain operational standards.
- Ensured all cleaning and chemicals used met specifications through testing and documentation.
- Logged all completed tasks during each shift for accurate record-keeping.
Lab Technician
Berner Foods Inc
Dakota
08.2024 - 01.2025
- Independently calibrate and operate all lab equipment daily.
- Performed hourly sampling and testing to confirm food met quality standards.
- Made and documented adjustments to ingredients based on sample test results for quality control and consistency.
- Shift cross over with counterpart to ensure communication of current status any abnormalities or changes in product/ equipment.
ISC Supervisor
Honeywell
Freeport
06.2022 - 08.2024
- Managing four departments, direct supervision of up to 60 employees or whole factory for 2nd shift as needed.
- Ensured compliance with GMP, SOPs, and FIFO standards across operations.
- Logged attendance records, processed payroll, and planned staffing for overtime.
- Conducted GEMBA walks, coaching sessions, and disciplinary actions as needed.
- Developed individualized training and continuous improvement plans with each employee to help ensure success of not only the team as a whole but each team member.
- Interviewing candidates to add to the team culture that focused on quality and group success.
- Worked closely with other members of management to ensure clear communication, consistency and success of not only individual departments and or shift but local factory as a whole to meet the company's high expectations.
- Accomplishments: Developed teams that efficiently produced more product with less quality errors compared to all other shifts on site. This was accomplished by detailed training, matching individual team members skills with tasks and motivation along with friendly shift competition.
Supervisor
Titan Tire Corporation
Freeport
04.2022 - 06.2022
- Managed team of up to 20 employees, ensuring adherence to GMP, SOP, and FIFO standards.
- Logging payroll, overtime planning, generating daily workflow tasks for employees based on staffing and production needs and inventory availability.
- Tracking of inventory and reassigned task for employees during equipment downtime or material shortages.
- Conducted consultations and disciplinary actions with employees as necessary.
- Detailed shift cross-over with alternate shift supervision and department manager.
Line Lead
Berner Foods Inc
Dakota
06.2021 - 04.2022
- Directed ten to fifty team members based on staffing and support.
- Monitored compliance with GMPs, SOPs, FIFO guidelines, and documentation accuracy.
- Conducted training and facilitated placement of team members while covering breaks.
- Troubleshooting/adjusting equipment settings, performed and lead CIP's.
- Provided coverage in essential roles during periods of low staffing.
- Gave shift crossover to counterpart shift at shift change.
Machine Assembler
GE Healthcare
Madison
06.2019 - 07.2021
- Independently assembled medical equipment while contributing to team efforts.
- Reviewed daily assembly slips to verify accuracy against job sheets.
- Performed assembly of bases, brakes, and wheel assembly for medical units.
- Accomplishments: Completed four-month lean training program through GE, collaborating with employees and management. During this time the Covid pandemic hit, and the team was tasked with designing, testing and launching a second Ventilator assembly line that could produce twice as much as the original line. Result was an overwhelming success through consistent detailed communication and planning.
Line Lead (Utility Technician)
Berner Foods Inc
Dakota
01.2017 - 11.2018
- Directed ten to sixty team members based on staffing and support.
- Monitored compliance with GMPs, SOPs, FIFO guidelines, and documentation accuracy.
- Conducted training and facilitated placement of team members while covering breaks.
- Troubleshooting/adjusting equipment settings, performed and lead CIP's.
- Provided coverage in essential roles during periods of low staffing.
- Gave shift crossover to counterpart shift at shift change.
- Assisted in generating new SOP's for department.
- Accomplishments: Promoted to a lead position two months after starting as a general laborer temp.
Machine Operator
Link Snack Industries
New Glarus
11.2014 - 12.2016
- Loading, unloading and documenting information of raw/cooked snack meat products.
- Followed established HACCP program to maintain food safety and quality.
- Performed weekly independent CIP cleaning of ovens.
- While performing tasks worked individually or part of a small group.
- Accomplishments: HACCP certification through Link Snack Industries.
Education
H.S diploma -
Freeport High School
Freeport, ILSome College (No Degree) -
Highland Community Collage
Freeport, ILSkills
- Team building and management
- Microsoft Word and Excel proficiency
- Professional and effective communication
- Lean Six Sigma practices
- 5S auditing processes
- Data collection and analysis
- Shift and team management
- Proficient with Teams chat
- Proficient with SAP
Timeline
General Laborer
DeMeester's Greenhouse & Appleland Orchard Inc
04.2025 - 10.2025
Sanitation Worker
Hughes Recruiting & Consulting
01.2025 - 02.2025
Lab Technician
Berner Foods Inc
08.2024 - 01.2025
ISC Supervisor
Honeywell
06.2022 - 08.2024
Supervisor
Titan Tire Corporation
04.2022 - 06.2022
Line Lead
Berner Foods Inc
06.2021 - 04.2022
Machine Assembler
GE Healthcare
06.2019 - 07.2021
Line Lead (Utility Technician)
Berner Foods Inc
01.2017 - 11.2018
Machine Operator
Link Snack Industries
11.2014 - 12.2016
H.S diploma -
Freeport High School
Some College (No Degree) -
Highland Community Collage