OTR Placement LLC is a small, owner-operated CDL recruiting agency based in Shelbyville, Missouri, founded and run by Robert J. Marshall. We connect professional CDL drivers with carriers nationwide — one honest conversation at a time.
We're built on a simple principle: drivers succeed when the job actually fits their life. That means matching on experience, home time, equipment, and lanes — not just filling a seat. When the fit is right, drivers stay, carriers keep their trucks moving, and everyone wins.
No gimmicks. No pressure. Just straight talk about what a job really looks like, and a recruiter who's still around after you're hired.
- Placement is always free for drivers — no fees, ever.
- Honest conversations about pay, lanes, home time, and equipment.
- No bait-and-switch jobs and no pressure to take a seat that doesn't fit.
- A real recruiter who answers the phone — before and after you're hired.
- Pre-qualified, document-ready CDL-A and CDL-B drivers.
- Drivers matched on real experience, equipment, and lane fit.
- Fewer wasted submissions and stronger long-term retention.
- One accountable point of contact from intro to hire.
Founder
Robert J. Marshall
Founder & Owner · Shelbyville, Missouri
Robert J. Marshall has spent more than a decade in CDL recruiting, placing drivers across long-haul, regional, and specialty lanes. He started OTR Placementafter watching too many drivers get pushed into the wrong seats and too many carriers burned by churn that could have been avoided with an honest conversation up front.
Based in Shelbyville, Missouri, Robert built the agency around a driver-first philosophy: every placement has to make sense for the driver first. Carriers win when drivers stay — and drivers stay when the fit is real.
He answers the phone himself, knows his carriers personally, and stands behind every placement. That's what honest recruiting looks like.