diff --git a/backend/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/backend/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..425d2432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+module Admin
+  class UsersController < ApplicationController
+    before_action :prepare_user_params, only: :create
+
+    def create
+      @user = User.new(user_params)
+      authorize @user
+
+      respond_to do |format|
+        if @user.save
+          format.json { render json: @user, status: :created }
+        else
+          format.json { render json: @user.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def user_params
+      surveyor_params = %i[city email firstname lastname phone state street_address zipcode]
+
+      params.require(:user).permit(:email, :role, surveyor_attributes: surveyor_params)
+    end
+
+    def prepare_user_params
+      return if params[:user].blank?
+
+      params[:user][:surveyor_attributes] = params[:user].delete(:surveyor)
+
+      # For now we have email on User and Surveyor, which we are unsure yet if it is redundant
+      # In the meantime, copy email from User onto Surveyor
+      return if params[:user][:surveyor_attributes].blank?
+
+      params[:user][:surveyor_attributes][:email] ||= params[:user][:email]
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/backend/app/models/surveyor.rb b/backend/app/models/surveyor.rb
index 42dfd8a5..8e2562d9 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/surveyor.rb
+++ b/backend/app/models/surveyor.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Surveyor < ApplicationRecord
+  STATUS_ACTIVE = 'active'
+
   belongs_to :user
   has_and_belongs_to_many :assignments
 
+  after_initialize :set_default_status, if: :new_record?
+
   validates :firstname, presence: true
   validates :lastname, presence: true
   validates :email, presence: true
   validates :phone, presence: true
   validates :street_address, presence: true
-  validates :geocode, presence: true
   validates :city, presence: true
   validates :zipcode, presence: true
   validates :state, presence: true
   validates :status, presence: true
+
+  private
+
+  def set_default_status
+    self.status ||= STATUS_ACTIVE
+  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/app/models/user.rb b/backend/app/models/user.rb
index 5e612274..e7497a48 100644
--- a/backend/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/backend/app/models/user.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   has_one :surveyor, dependent: :destroy
   enum role: { user: 0, surveyor: 1, admin: 2 }
   after_initialize :set_default_role, if: :new_record?
+  after_initialize :set_random_password, if: :new_record?
+  accepts_nested_attributes_for :surveyor
 
   def set_default_role
     self.role ||= :user
@@ -22,4 +24,10 @@ def jwt_payload
       'surveyorId' => surveyor&.id
     }
   end
+
+  private
+
+  def set_random_password
+    self.password ||= SecureRandom.base64(15)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/app/policies/user_policy.rb b/backend/app/policies/user_policy.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e629ab6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/policies/user_policy.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+class UserPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
+  def create?
+    user&.admin?
+  end
+end
diff --git a/backend/config/brakeman.ignore b/backend/config/brakeman.ignore
index fe6940fc..4f7f9920 100644
--- a/backend/config/brakeman.ignore
+++ b/backend/config/brakeman.ignore
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 {
   "ignored_warnings": [
+    {
+      "warning_type": "Mass Assignment",
+      "warning_code": 105,
+      "fingerprint": "435e540ce53e70774e6d8dea57d81c95ea0a0c06ae0ce1784ba72b31f3cab4d7",
+      "check_name": "PermitAttributes",
+      "message": "Potentially dangerous key allowed for mass assignment",
+      "file": "app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb",
+      "line": 21,
+      "link": "https://brakemanscanner.org/docs/warning_types/mass_assignment/",
+      "code": "params.require(:user).permit(:email, :role, :surveyor_attributes => ([:city, :email, :firstname, :lastname, :phone, :state, :street_address, :zipcode]))",
+      "render_path": null,
+      "location": {
+        "type": "method",
+        "class": "Admin::UsersController",
+        "method": "user_params"
+      },
+      "user_input": ":role",
+      "confidence": "Medium",
+      "cwe_id": [
+        915
+      ],
+      "note": ""
+    },
     {
       "warning_type": "Mass Assignment",
       "warning_code": 105,
@@ -47,6 +70,6 @@
       "note": ""
     }
   ],
-  "updated": "2023-07-25 20:57:41 -0400",
-  "brakeman_version": "5.4.1"
+  "updated": "2024-07-26 14:10:58 -0400",
+  "brakeman_version": "6.1.2"
 }
diff --git a/backend/config/routes.rb b/backend/config/routes.rb
index 931d0019..9b723251 100644
--- a/backend/config/routes.rb
+++ b/backend/config/routes.rb
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@
     passwords: 'users/passwords'
   }, defaults: { format: :json }
   root 'homes#index'
+
+  namespace :admin do
+    resources :users, only: [:create]
+  end
 end
diff --git a/backend/spec/requests/admin/users_spec.rb b/backend/spec/requests/admin/users_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66f4b412
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/spec/requests/admin/users_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe '/admin/users', type: :request do
+  include Devise::Test::IntegrationHelpers
+
+  let(:admin) do
+    User.create(email: 'admin@test.com', password: 'password', role: :admin)
+  end
+
+  describe 'POST /create' do
+    context 'with valid parameters for a surveyor' do
+      let(:valid_attributes) do
+        {
+          email: 'alice@example.com',
+          role: 'surveyor',
+          surveyor: {
+            city: 'Boston',
+            firstname: 'Alice',
+            lastname: 'Smith',
+            phone: '1234567890',
+            state: 'MA',
+            street_address: '1 Main St',
+            zipcode: '02110'
+          }
+        }
+      end
+
+      before { sign_in admin }
+
+      it 'creates a new user who is a surveyor' do
+        expect do
+          post admin_users_url, params: { user: valid_attributes }, as: :json
+        end.to change(User, :count).by(1)
+
+        user = User.last
+        expect(user.email).to eq('alice@example.com')
+        expect(user.role).to eq('surveyor')
+        expect(user.surveyor).to be_present
+
+        surveyor = user.surveyor
+        expect(surveyor.city).to eq('Boston')
+        expect(surveyor.firstname).to eq('Alice')
+        expect(surveyor.lastname).to eq('Smith')
+        expect(surveyor.phone).to eq('1234567890')
+        expect(surveyor.state).to eq('MA')
+        expect(surveyor.street_address).to eq('1 Main St')
+        expect(surveyor.zipcode).to eq('02110')
+      end
+
+      it 'redirects to the created user' do
+        post admin_users_url, params: { user: valid_attributes }, as: :json
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:created)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with valid parameters for an admin' do
+      let(:valid_attributes) do
+        {
+          email: 'bob@example.com',
+          role: 'admin'
+        }
+      end
+
+      before { sign_in admin }
+
+      it 'creates a new user who is an admin' do
+        expect do
+          post admin_users_url, params: { user: valid_attributes }, as: :json
+        end.to change(User, :count).by(1)
+
+        user = User.last
+        expect(user.email).to eq('bob@example.com')
+        expect(user.role).to eq('admin')
+      end
+
+      it 'redirects to the created user' do
+        post admin_users_url, params: { user: valid_attributes }, as: :json
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:created)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'with invalid parameters' do
+      let(:invalid_attributes) do
+        {
+          email: '',
+          role: 'admin'
+        }
+      end
+
+      before { sign_in admin }
+
+      it 'does not create a new user' do
+        expect do
+          post admin_users_url, params: { user: invalid_attributes }, as: :json
+        end.to change(User, :count).by(0)
+      end
+
+      it 'renders a response with 422 status' do
+        post admin_users_url, params: { user: invalid_attributes }, as: :json
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
+
+        error_message = JSON.parse(response.body)['email'][0]
+        expect(error_message).to eq("can't be blank")
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'as unauthorized user' do
+      let(:valid_attributes) do
+        {
+          email: 'bob@example.com',
+          role: 'admin'
+        }
+      end
+
+      it 'raises an error' do
+        expect do
+          post admin_users_url, params: { user: valid_attributes }, as: :json
+        end.to raise_error(Pundit::NotAuthorizedError)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end